Product Description

Discussions A-Z is a photocopiable resource book of speaking activities designed to encourage lively, natural discussion among advanced level students. Providing a refreshing perspective on many common themes the material consists of 26 topic-based units, each filled with a variety of stimulating activities. The units contain authentic reading and listening texts intended to be used as stimulus for discussion. The accompanying CD (Available separately on ISBN 0521559804) provides a wide range of native speaker accents. The teacher's pages provide clear instructions for each activity, as well as providing a wealth of background information on each topic, keys to the activities, complete tapescripts and suggestions for discussion-based writing activities. The material is designed to be flexible and free-standing: activities can either be used as the basis for a discussion course or dipped into in or out of sequence.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #294207 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-15
• Format: Teacher's Edition
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 114 pages

Review
'Discussion in classroom was stimulated in a very intelligent way in which pupils interacted among themselves. Pupils were engaged in conversation in which they learnt, not only from the book, but also from their classmates.' 'I recommend the book to all colleagues who are sometimes tired of the subjects in their coursebooks, to those who have pupils who feel shy about speaking, and to those who want to organise classroom activities centred on their learners.' Authentically English Issue 3, 1997

'I found the activities I tried worked well with both teenagers and adults. The teenagers especially seemed to appreciate the puzzle element and the fact that they added to their general knowledge as well as learning English. In short, the books passed the 'desk test' - every time I tried to write this review I found one of my colleagues had borrowed the copies from my desk!' IATEFL Newsletter, 1998

Customer Reviews

I am not sure what I would have done without it
EFL resource books are not cheap on a Chinese salary, but this one has proved itself an invaluable investment that I have dipped into again and again for my oral English classes. Even though limited access to a photocopier has prevented me from making as full use of the book as I would like, I have found lots of different ideas and activities that have captured the attention of my university-aged students in classes both large and small. The presentation is attractive and it brings the learning of English to life as a tool for discussion, rather than as an abstract chore.