https://elt.works/talkingshop/elt-digest-december-2020/ Turning a new page on ELT publishing Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:25:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://elt.works/talkingshop/elt-digest-december-2020/#comment-40 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 16:21:04 +0000 https://elt.works/?p=487#comment-40 Hey Tim! Just watched the session on conversation, thanks for sharing the recording! I totally agree with explicitly teaching these micro-skills, like back channeling, turn-taking, changing topic, etc. I liked Jedrek’s comment that your approach is more scientific! Very rich! Sure, some elements can be transferred from L1, or acquired by getting repeated exposure eg watching series but I would definitely argue it’s a lot faster to teach them in class/ train learners to master them. Love Thornbury’s Conversation book, it also helped me understand how to teach conversation properly. Cheers for sharing!

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