This document provides language summaries for oral discussions and individual responses. For discussions, it outlines phrases for greeting, defining topics, making and responding to suggestions, agreeing and disagreeing, asking for ideas and making choices. It also includes phrases for checking understanding, asking for explanations, and summing up discussions. For individual responses, it lists phrases for starting responses, gaining time, and organizing responses through sequencing, adding information, showing causes and effects, comparing and contrasting, and giving examples. It concludes with phrases for ending individual responses.

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Language summary for oral discussion
A. Opening Greeting:
- Hello/Good morning/afternoon, everyone.
- Okay. Let’s start.
Define the topic:
- We need to talk about/discuss about …
B. Making suggestions - I suggest/ think (that) …
- In my opinion/from my point of view, (holding a party)…
- How/What about (verb + ing) holding …?
- Can I make a point here? My idea is…
E. Agreeing Mild:
- I suppose so/you’re right.
- You could say so
Normal:
- I agree (with you).
- That’s a good suggestion.
Strong:
- I agree with you entirely.
- I’m strongly in favour of this.
F. Disagreeing Mild:
**Making suggestions
- I’m not so sure about that. I think …
after disagreeing
- You may be right, but I think that …
Normal:
- I don’t agree/think so. I think …
- I think quite the opposite. On the other hand, I believe that…
Strong:
- I totally disagree with this (idea/suggestion).
- This won’t work because …
G. Asking for ideas/ - What do you think?
agreement
- Do you have any ideas?
- What’s your opinion?
- Don’t you think so?
H. Making choices - I like … more than …
- I prefer …to ..
- I think … is better.
I. Checking - Do you see my point?
understanding
- Do you understand what I mean?
J. Asking for - Could you give an example?
explanation
- What do you mean by ‘XXX’?
L. Summing up &
Seeking Agreement
ending the discussion
- If you all agree, let’s sum up (our discussion).
- Should we sum up what we have discussed?
Directly going into the summary
- To sum up, …
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2. - To conclude, …
Language summary for individual response
A. Starting off your - I guess I would …
response
- I’d prefer …
- I think …
- In my opinion, …
B. Gaining extra time - I haven’t thought of that before …
- I mean …
- Let me think …
- That’s an interesting question …
C. Organising your Indicating Sequence/order
response
- Firstly/First, …
- Secondly/Second, …
Adding information (Linking)
- Also, …
- Besides this, …
- What’s more, …
Showing Cause and Effect
- Since …
- … because …
- Therefore, …
Showing Compare and Contrast
- Although/Though, …
- But/However, …
- On the other hand, …
Giving Examples
- For examples, …
- For instance, …
D. Ending Making a Conclusion
- In short, …
- To conclude, …
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