Here’s a little phrase sheet I made to give to your students

Speaking in pairwork / Small groupwork

When your teacher asks you to check your answers in pairs or groups or when you’re asked to discuss a question - speak in English, not Korean! This is your chance to practice and get ready for when the teacher asks you for your answer later - you can prepare what you’re going to say - less pressure! Try to use these phrases as much as you can and soon they’ll become automatic! Keep this list somewhere you can see it.

Useful phrases

• Ok, Let’s start

Checking

Questioning

• Let’s move on to the next one

Agreeing/Disagreeing

Clarifying

Persuading

Interrupting

The 4-point plan to give an opinion(properly!)

Practice giving your opinions in this way to avoid giving a very short answer

I think…

Because…

For example…

So…

I think the movie was exciting because there were a lot of special effects. For example the scene at the beginning where the character jumped from the airplane was awesome! So, for me it was definitely a great movie.

Because…

Give reasons for what you say! Don’t just give a one word or one sentence answer! Use because with everything you say!