Fall 2013 Advanced Conversation Class: Week 2

Last week we did a short exercise about six thinking hats .These hats help English students find new and interesting ways to talk about any conversation topic.

  1. White Hat: Data. Facts, or missing facts.
  2. Red Hat: Emotion. Feeling. Opinion
  3. Yellow Hat: Benefits, Good points. What you like about it?
  4. Black Hat: Bad points. Problems. Mistakes you can find.

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Fall 2013 Advanced Conversation Class: Week 1

It’s a new semester and welcome to the Advanced ESL Conversation class.

ESL Class Syllabus

Here is the syllabus for our ESL conversation class.

ESL Activities

This conversation and vocabulary worksheet has words which might look similar but have different meanings.

Work with a partner and explain the differences between the words. Make examples for each sentence.

Creativity Lesson

Here is a quick exercise that requires you to have some imagination and creativity. This is a lesson that was used by a business professor  class in California.

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ESL Conversation Activity: Final Exam Questions

At the beginning of this course, I mentioned the overall goal of the class was to develop your skills. So, the question is what skills? Of course, English communication skills are part of the class.

Thinking skills are also important. That is why I asked you to learn and use different ways of thinking, as well as speaking.

The final exam questions present you with an opportunity to demonstrate your

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