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?
