English Speaking Mid-Semester Review

Starting a Discussion

100

Greeting

Good morning everyone.

200

Introduction

The topic at hand is what the soccer team should do to improve.

300

Share your first opinion

First let’s discuss uniforms. From my point of view….

400

3 steps to starting a discussion

Greet

Introduce your topic

Share your first opinion

Making Suggestions

100

Invite

What if we..…

200

Share the benefit

This will help you remember deadlines and reduce your stress

300

Advise

We should put our phones in another room while we work

Making Choices

100

End your response

All in all, I think option 2 is best.

200

Decide

I prefer we go hiking.

300

Compare

An extra hour at lunch is better then ending class an hour early because..

400

Explain 

My reasons are; the student budget is small, and the cheaper option is very similar.

Ending a Discussion

100

Thank

Thanks for your ideas.

200

Summarize

To summarize, we discussed the main points.

300

Conclude

If no one has anything to add, I’ll conclude here.