Discourse Strategies Links |
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| Extra Readings |
The Language of Meetings |
Other Useful Websites |
| Unit 1: General Langauge Points | ||
Larry King |
Unit 2: Presenting an Argument | Vocabulary Resources |
Do's & Taboos |
Unit 3: Opinions | Listening Practice |
| Unit 4: Agreeing & Disagreeing | ||
| Unit 5: Interrupting |
- About Deborah Tannen - her website which includes her biography and list of publications.
- An interview (easy; 10 minutes with transcript) with Deborah Tannon on her new book: You're wearing that? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation - February 7, 2006 on Voice of America (VOA) News online.
- An inteview (challenging; 52 minutes) with Deborah Tannon on her new book: You're wearing that? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation - January 25, 2006 on radio station KQED, a public broadcasting station in Northern California.
- Audiobooks - Download, rent or buy 'audiobooks' by Deborah Tannon at 'Simply Audiobooks'. For added languge learning, you may also want to buy the corresponding book so that you can listen, read, or do both.
- About Larry King - his biography as found on the CNN website.
- Larry King Live - On the website for Larry King's show, you can read transcripts from any previous show (see link on lower left), watch recent video highlights of the show (see link in the middle of the page) or see a schedule of upcoming guests and topics.
Modals for politeness
- Quiz: Modals - Permissions and Requests
- Practice Quizzes from Better-English.com - Click on the 'collocation' links on the right. Good luck!
- 'Word Partners' Quizzes - There are links to three quizzes. For each quiz, there are groups of collocations. In each group, which is incorrect? Click on the button to the right of the 'odd one out'.