Conversation Questions Advice A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom. I want to quit smoking. What should I do? I won 100,000 dollars and I don't know how to spend it. What should I do? I gained a lot of weight in last few years. I want to lose at least 10kg. What should I do? I have just lost my job. I haven't told my husband/wife yet. How should I tell him/her? I found a ...
The Internet TESL Journal Using Advice Columns with ESL Students Amy Gwen Larson amygwen [at] lycos.com Introduction This activity's purpose is to increase communicative awareness and conversational skills. When people talk, it is with a purpose. They desire to communicate their own ideas and more fully understand those of others. Therefore, we can say that communication between individuals ...
An advice columnist, sometimes a team of editors, and sometimes a single person, counsels readers’ personal questions by providing wise advice and sensible answers. Many advice columns are syndicated and appear in numerous newspapers, such as the famous Dear Ann Landers and Dear Abby.
The Internet TESL Journal Preparing EFL Learners for Oral Presentations Jane King jane [at] mail.scu.edu.tw Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan) Introduction This article provides tips and advice to reduce EFL learners' anxieties for oral presentation. Step-by-step procedures of how to prepare students for oral presentations are included: (1) handout guidelines; (2) grouping learners; (3 ...
What do you think is important when visiting another culture? If a group of people just came to your country from overseas, what advice would you give them? What culture besides your own do you admire? Why? If aliens visited your country, what might surprise them? What is the best/most important thing your culture has given to the world?