New 3rd Edition
Now over 2400 conversation topics
by: Nancy Ellen Zelman
Level: High beginning to advanced. Primary to Adult.
Illustrations by: Patrick R. Moran
Revised and Expanded 2005
ISBN: 0-86647-195-2
Need a fresh inspiration?
This book of topics is a quick and easy source.
The author's experiences as an ESL teacher and as a lawyer working in
Los Angeles have given her a clear sense of what immigrants and
international students want and need to talk about.
Conversation Inspirations has been used all over the world. The
more than 2400 topics range all the way from the universal - human
nature and interpersonal relationships - to the culturally vital - cutting
edge issues in North American society and how people from other
cultures feel about them and deal with them.
Whether you want to choose topics for your class that are fun
or provocative, that build an understanding of U. S. culture in
today's world, or that help them with their personal adjustment,
you'll find this book invaluable.
For this new, third edition, many of the topics have been revised and
updated. The book is in a larger format with larger type to make it easier
to photocopy and read.
How does the book work? Photocopy a page or two. Choose 3 to 5
topics to offer your students. Cut them out and paste them on index
cards. Then let your students choose what inspires them. Giving them a
choice motivates them to talk. For a fun variation, have small groups of
students draw topics out of a hat.
The author explains 8 different conversation activities: talks,
interviews, role plays, chain stories and other group activities, and
discussions. Procedures for each activity are clearly laid out.
The procedures include the use of topic cards, monitoring, and
correction techniques, and a variety of game rituals that make each
conversation class effective as well as enjoyable.
New 3rd Edition
Now over 2400 conversation topics
by: Nancy Ellen Zelman
Level: High beginning to advanced. Primary to Adult.
Illustrations by: Patrick R. Moran
Revised and Expanded 2005
ISBN: 0-86647-195-2
Need a fresh inspiration?
This book of topics is a quick and easy source.
The author's experiences as an ESL teacher and as a lawyer working in
Los Angeles have given her a clear sense of what immigrants and
international students want and need to talk about.
Conversation Inspirations has been used all over the world. The
more than 2400 topics range all the way from the universal - human
nature and interpersonal relationships - to the culturally vital - cutting
edge issues in North American society and how people from other
cultures feel about them and deal with them.
Whether you want to choose topics for your class that are fun
or provocative, that build an understanding of U. S. culture in
today's world, or that help them with their personal adjustment,
you'll find this book invaluable.
For this new, third edition, many of the topics have been revised and
updated. The book is in a larger format with larger type to make it easier
to photocopy and read.
How does the book work? Photocopy a page or two. Choose 3 to 5
topics to offer your students. Cut them out and paste them on index
cards. Then let your students choose what inspires them. Giving them a
choice motivates them to talk. For a fun variation, have small groups of
students draw topics out of a hat.
The author explains 8 different conversation activities: talks,
interviews, role plays, chain stories and other group activities, and
discussions. Procedures for each activity are clearly laid out.
The procedures include the use of topic cards, monitoring, and
correction techniques, and a variety of game rituals that make each
conversation class effective as well as enjoyable.