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Academic English- Leading seminars & discussions longer phrases game

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Leading seminars/ discussions longer phrases game

Instructions for teachers

Cut up one pack of cards per group of two to four students, with the middle ones in bold in a separate pack from the others. Give out just the edge ones for students to make the basic phrases from, then give out the middle ones in bold for them to check and expand on their answers. After checking their answers as a class or with the worksheet below, students can test each other by, for example:

  • Reading out two of the three parts for their partner to fill in the missing bit of
  • Reading out one part and helping their partners make a whole sentence out of it

The brainstorming stage at the bottom can be done before or after testing each other.

 

 

 

 

Cards to cut up/ Suggested answers

 

Right. It’s nine o’clock

 

already

 

, so let’s get started, shall we?

 

 

Okay,

 

I think

 

everybody’s here so shall we make a start?

 

 

Thanks for coming to this

 

 

one-off

 

debate on…

 

 

 

As you

 

already/ should

 

know, what we are going to talk about today is…

 

 

According to

 

 

a majority of/ leading

 

experts in this area,…

 

 

 

As you are all

 

perhaps/ probably/ almost certainly

 

aware, the government has recently…

 

 

Last week we came to the

 

 

 

provisional

 

conclusion that…

 

There are several

 

different/ common/ contradictory

 

 

views on the subject of…

 

 

You have five minutes to come to

 

 

some kind of

 

 

a conclusion.

 

Then I’ll ask each group to nominate someone to give a

 

 

brief

 

 

 

presentation on their ideas.

 

Last

 

of all

 

, we’ll have a vote.

 

 

 

 

 

Please make sure that you all contribute

 

 

equally

 

to the discussion.

 

 

Sorry for interrupting but

 

I think

 

you’re answering a slightly different question.

 

 

Before you continue, does anyone else have

 

any

 

opinions on this?

 

 

 

Quickly finish that stage and then get your

 

 

best

 

ideas down on paper.

 

 

It’s

 

about

 

time to start coming to a conclusion.

 

 

…wasn’t

 

really

 

what I expected.

 

 

 

I was

 

very/ really

 

 

impressed by…

 

 

 

Please write a summary of your position and email it

 

to me

 

by Friday.

 

 

 

We

 

 

 

seem to

 

have run out of time, so…

 

 

Thanks for all your

 

great

 

contributions

 

 

 

 

 

Brainstorming stage

Without looking at the cards for now, brainstorm useful phrases into the categories below. Note that many phrases which aren’t above would be suitable.

Getting started

 

 

 

 

 

Background to the seminar/ discussion

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions on how to the seminar/ discussion will be organised

 

 

 

 

 

Controlling the discussion

 

 

 

 

 

Giving feedback after the discussion

 

 

 

 

 

Talking about future actions

 

 

 

 

 

Ending the session

 

 

 

 

 

Look above for ideas, brainstorm more, then compare your ideas as a class.

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