- Genre:foreign language study
- Sub-genre:English as a Second Language
- Language:English
- Series Title:Compelling Conversations
- Series Number:1
- Pages:108
- eBook ISBN:9780982617885
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Overview
This special edition of Compelling Conversations is designed to assist advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners in their desire to improve their speaking skills. Through open-ended questions, exercises and Vietnamese proverbs, English students will find a wealth of opportunities to practice their fluency and improve their confidence in speaking English out loud. This EFL textbook helps students to prepare for standardized exams with speaking sections such as TOEFL and TOEIC tests. Based on the author’s experience running an English high school in Vietnam and his highly successful English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook, Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics (2006), this unique book includes thematic chapters to create quality conversations, interview questions, paraphrasing exercises, classic quotations, and tradition proverbs to create hours of English conversation and class discussions. Can be used independently or, ideally, with a conversation partner. Compelling Conversations is also great for starting fun conversations with family members. This version includes Vietnamese cultural touchstones and photographs, that makes conversation practice enjoyable and effective for Vietnamese English Language Learners.
Description
This innovative English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbook focuses on building speaking skills of Vietnamese English Language Learners. Based on the highly successful English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook, Compelling Conversations, this unique book includes thematic chapters to create quality conversations, interview questions, paraphrasing exercises, classic quotations, and tradition proverbs to create hours of English conversation and class discussions. It also uses many photographs from Vietnam, highlights Vietnamese culture, and has been adopted by a Vietnamese university for their English classes. This culturally sensitive textbook encourages Vietnamese English Language Learners to speak about their experiences, their families, and their lives in Vietnam. With dozens of practical speaking exercises, this book improves the fluency of Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners and provides practice giving reasons to support opinions, build critical thinking skills, and prepare for standardized exams with speaking sections such as TOEFL and TOEIC tests. It also builds authentic conversation skills in English. This special version is a wonderful addition to English programs, conversation clubs, and English classrooms.