Foreword 5
Bookmap 6
Week 1 What Are Your Hopes? 12
Week 2 Follow-up Questions 40
Week 3 Asking for Clarification 66
Week 4 Interrupting 92
Week 5 Accepting a Question or Interruption 117
Week 6 Expressing Opinions 141
Week 7 Agreeing 163
Week 8 Midterm Exam 188
Week 9 Disagreeing 202
Week 10 Mitigation 226
Week 11 Asking for Opinions and Information 251
Week 12 Ending a Topic of Conversation 275
Week 13 Initiating Conversation 298
Week 14 Review 322
Week 15 Final Exam 342
Assignment answer 355
Week 1
What Are Your Hopes?
Speaking Skills: Rejoinders
1. Yeah.
- to show agreement
A: Gina is a nice person, isn¡¯t she?
B: Yeah.
2. That¡¯s right.
- to show a strong agreement
A: The best place to get fast food is Subway.
B: That¡¯s right.
3. That¡¯s cool.
to show support of a good idea or say that you like something
A: Is it ok if I bring a friend to your party?
B: That¡¯s cool.
4. That¡¯s great.
- to show support of a good idea or say that you like something
A: I got a perfect score on the test!
B: That¡¯s great!
Branden: Hello, everyone. I¡¯m Branden.
Andrea: Hi, I¡¯m Andrea.
Cassandra: Hi, I¡¯m Cassandra.
Branden: Now, we¡¯re going to practice some of those rejoinders that you¡¯ve been learning in class with a game. Ok? Which will probably be won by me, but we¡¯ll see.
Andrea: Hey, hey. Games. If we¡¯re talking games, I¡¯m here to win.
Branden: Oh. So¡¦¡¦
Cassandra: Don¡¯t count me out, don¡¯t count me out yet.
Branden: Ok, guys, so the object of the game is to use as many rejoinders as possible within the time limit. So we¡¯ll have three minutes, and whoever uses the most rejoinders is the winner.
Andrea: This is a real conversation, right?
Branden: Yeah, we¡¯ll be having a natural conversation, based on a question. So, you guys ready?
Andrea: I¡¯m ready.
Cassandra: Sure.