More Discussion Starters: Activities for Building Speaking Fluency

by Keith S. Folse, Jeanine Aida Ivone

Overview

Like its predecessor, each unit in More Discussion Starters contains exercises that provide speaking interaction about a central topic or idea, and most require students to work together in pairs or small groups to reach a conclusion about a topic. Though most of the topics in the text are serious (corporal punishment, abortion, and gun control), many others deal with lighter topics (humor and culture). The activities, tasks, and topics chosen for this book are real situations from all over the world.

Most of the units in this book introduce a problem or controversial topic at the beginning of the unit. This is then followed by a series of exercises designed to prepare all of the students so that they can express their ideas at the next class meeting. A unit usually includes several kinds of oral fluency activities, such as problem-solving tasks, court cases, "finish the story," role plays, "put the story together," small group discussions, and oral presentations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472088553
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	03/11/2002
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	To the Teacher	xi
	Advice from the Authors to the Students	xix
1	Predicting the Future	1
2	You Can Be the Judge: Who Is the Real Owner?	10
3	Cell Phones	16
4	An Interviewer's Ideal Person to Interview	25
5	Jokes: Is It Funny? Culture and Humor	30
6	Proverbs	39
7	Put the Story Together: The Patient	44
8	Life after Death?	46
9	Finish the Story: The Young Boy's Dilemma	53
10	The Death Penalty	56
11	Put the Story Together: The Great Beyond	70
12	The Punishment and the Crime	72
13	Corporal Punishment	78
14	Who Should Control Your Safety?	88
15	More Practice with Proverbs	99
16	Faith Healing: Trust the Doctor or Trust God?	104
17	The Abortion Debate	111
18	Put the Story Together: A Van Full of Penguins	121
19	The 10 Most Important Events in History	124
20	Playing God: Genetic Engineering	132
	Communication Activities	141
	Answer Key for Language Review Exercises	159