The document provides guidance on conversation time during English class. It explains that conversation time aims to give students practice having English conversations, rather than being a subject itself. Students should imagine their classmates are from other places and cannot speak Korean. Effort during conversations will be graded, not grammar, vocabulary, speed or pronunciation. Good conversation skills involve listening to others, asking follow-up questions, asking for opinions, starting new topics, and checking meaning. Examples are provided of different types of questions and responses students can use during conversations.

1. Conversation Time
and Skills

2. Conversation time during class
• Give you a chance to have English conversation
• Practice for improving English skill (not as a subject)
• Imagine your classmates are from other places and
can’t speak Korean with you
Grade
• Effort (recorded and observation) – hear/see effort in
trying to have a conversation. I know when there
isn’t effort
• Not grammar or vocabulary or speed or
pronunciation

3. Skills – Conversation isn’t just speaking, it
includes listening and asking others to speak
• Follow-up questions
• Asking for opinion
• Starting a new topic
• Checking what they mean

4. 
A: What’s your favorite subject, B?
B: Math. What’s your favorite subject, A?
A: Math. What’s your favorite subject, C?
C: Art.
A: What’s your favorite subject, D?
D: No favorite subject.
A: Done.

5. Follow-up questions:
• Closed: one answer: (yes/no/maybe/sometimes… etc)
• Do you…?
• Are/Is…?
• Have you ever…?
• Can you…?
• Will you…?
•
• Open: Many possible answers
• How often…?
• Where do you…?
• Who do you… (with)?
• Why …?
• When…?
• What…?

6. Asking for opinion (open questions)
• Why…?
• Do you think…?
• Why do you think…?
• What do you think about…?

7. Starting a new topic
• Ok, the first question is…
• Ok. Does anyone else have something to say?
• Should we go on to the next question?
• Let’s go to the next question.

8. Checking Meaning
Checking what they mean
• (Excuse me/Sorry) did you say …?
• Do you mean…?
• What does ___ mean?/ What do you mean?
• So (you mean)…
Answers to checking
• ___ means ___ (try explaining in English, but if you can’t, use Korean)
• I mean, …
• Let’s ask the teacher/ Check the dictionary (don’t do too much!)
Checking understanding
• Do you know what I mean?
• Do you understand?

9. Other skills
• What about you?
• Really?!
• Oh wow amazing.
• That’s crazy!
• That’s too bad.
• Don’t you think so?
• Excuse me./ Go ahead./ What were you going
to say?

10. • A: Okay. Should we go on the next question?
• B: Yes, lets’ go to question 5.
• A: What subjects did you like? Why?
• C: I liked math. I like solving the problems.
• B: Really? I hate math. How was your grade?
• C: It was good! I studied math more than other
subjects.
• A: Did you go to a math academy?
• C: Yes, but I went to other academies too, but my
grades weren’t good.
• B: Oh really. I like-
• A: My favorite-
• …
• A: Go ahead.
• B: I liked chemistry. I love doing experiments.
• C: What does that mean?
• B: Chemistry is science. Like H2O… and CO2 and… Do
you understand?
• C: I don’t know what you mean.
• A: Chemistry is 화학.
• C: Ok. How about you, A?
• A: I hated science and math!
• C: Really? Then what subject do you like?
• A: I like art because…
What does that mean?
Did you go to a math
academy?
go to question 5.
Really?
Go ahead.
what subject do you like?
Should we go on the next
question?
Do you understand?
How about you, A?

11. • Questions?