Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: : Speaking Exercises for Vietnamese Learners of English

Create Compelling Conversations that Connect with Vietnamese learners of English! Compelling Conversations: Speaking Exercises for Vietnamese Learners of English is based on our original and highly successful English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook, Compelling Conversations. Yet this 2016 version focuses on improving the accuracy and fluency of Vietnamese English Language Learners. Like the original, this English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbook focuses on creating conversations and discussions that matter. It includes thematic chapters uses conversation starters, interview questions, classic quotations, paraphrasing exercises, and traditional proverbs to create hours of English conversation and class discussions. It also targets common pronunciation problems for Vietnamese English language learners with engaging, focused articulation practices. This innovative ESL/EFL textbook also introduces academic vocabulary, examines common prefixes and suffixes, and provides opportunity for students to use their new vocabulary. The fluency-focused ESL textbook also requires asks students to find, summarize, and share information in small groups, and re-enforces lessons with edtech tools and apps. This culturally sensitive text encourages students to speak about their experiences, their families, and their lives. With dozens of practical speaking exercises, Compelling Conversations helps Vietnamese English Language Learners develop greater fluency, develop and express their opinions, give reasons to support their opinions, build critical thinking skills, prepare for standardized tests with speaking sections (TOEFL, IELTS), and create authentic conversations. Fluency also requires practice. Compelling Conversations encourages students to learn by doing and continually practice speaking English. As a result, students gain greater confidence, fluency, and vocabulary. They also create better conversations in English – in and beyond their English classes. Vietnamese English language learners will learn to not only survive, but thrive, in English! Read more