Conversation inspirations : over two thousand conversation topics /
Nancy Ellen Zelman ; illustrated by Patrick R. Moran.
- 3rd rev. ed.
- Brattleboro, Vt, : Pro Lingua Associates, 2005.
- xiv, 114 : ill. ; 28 cm.
Introduction. Procedure for monitored conversation ; Mistake/correction cards ; Mistake correction ; Mistake card fun : 3 card games ; How to prepare topic cards -- Role plays. Procedures for role plays ; Advice ; Complaints ; Conflict ; Cultural misunderstandings ; Dating ; Descriptions ; Directions (getting) ; Directions (giving) ; Emotions/feelings ; Explanations ; Famous people ; Health ; Introductions ; Invitations ; Jobs (getting a job) ; Jobs (on the job) ; Parent-child interactions ; Restaurants ; Roommates ; School (student's view) ; School (teacher's view) ; Spouses ; Telephone ; Thank you and farewell ; Travel -- Interviews. Procedures for interviews ; The arts ; The environment ; Family ; Foreign countries and foreign languages ; Health ; Interviewing for a job ; Law and justice ; Men, women, and relationships ; Minorities ; Native country ; People ; Personal data ; Personal values ; Personal experience ; Politics ; School ; Sports ; Technology ; Television ; What if? ; Work -- Talks. Procedures for talks ; Comparisons ; Hopes and fears for the future ; Personal experiences ; Self-description ; Time travel : twenty-five years from now ; Truth or lies -- Group creativity. Procedures for proverbs and superstitions ; Proverbs ; Superstitions ; Procedures for chain stories ; Chain stories ; Procedures for Find out ; Find out ; Procedures for Get your partner ; Get your partner -- Discussions. Procedures for discussions. Opinions ; Philosophical issues ; Social issues ; World issues -- Resources for developing conversations skills.
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