The Language of Discussion

By Frank Heyworth

Subjects: Text-books for foreign speakers, English language, Spoken English

Description: Role-play exercises for advanced students. 1970 - THE LANGUAGE OF DISCUSSION Discussions and arguments amongst friends or in business, defending one's point of view, attacking someone else's — all these activities need specific language skills and techniques. Advanced students cannot progress very far unless they have mastered these language functions, and can use them appropriately in a variety of contexts. Language of Discussion therefore provides an interesting range of thirteen role-play situations for advanced students — about half are illustrated, and half have a business/management setting. Each unit has: a sizeable reading passage to set the scene a brief comprehension exercise to fix essential vocabulary background notes on each character's attitude, age, etc. detailed functional language notes topics for further discussion