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Conversation Inspirations for ESL--My own all time favorite book for conversation classes.  There are hundreds of conversation questions in close to 30 categories (work, politics, TV, men and women) as well as a collection of role-play situations and small group activities.  It's out of print, but Amazon will search to find you a used copy.   Not just highly recommended, but really a must-have for any conversation class teacher.

 

 

keeptalk.gif (10245 bytes) Keep Talking : Communicative Fluency Activities for Language Teachers (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)--Wow!  Over a hundred different activities and games that focus on communication.  Activity types include: values clarification, role-playing, jigsaws, and guessing games.  Includes photocopiable resource pages.  Very nice! ($20.95)
Discussions That Work : Task-Centered Fluency Practice--This book is part of the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers Series.  It includes over 50 conversation/discussion games and activities to energize you classroom.  It's written by Penny Ur, the same author as Grammar Practice Activities.  Need I say more?  ($17.95)

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Conversation Strategies : Pair and Group Activities for Developing Communicative Competence--A nice collection of activities to use with high beginner and intermediate students.   Students get practice with language functions such as getting information, agreeing and disagreeing, and making requests. ($14.00)

Discussion Strategies--This book features 38 communicative activities for high-intermediate and advanced ESL students.  Each unit focuses on a different high-interest topic and a different discussion skill.  ($14.00)

Conversation--More than 70 conversation activities, easily adaptable across the levels.  Part of the Resource Books for Teachers series. ($12.95)

Non-Stop Discussion Workbook : Problems for Intermediate and Advanced Students of English--This book for intermediate and advanced students includes ranking activities and other problems to encourage small group and pair discussion.  ($24.95)

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Speaking Naturally : Communication Skills in American English--Each of the units in the book for intermediate and high intermediate students focuses on a different function of English.  Some of these include: inviting, complimenting, thanking, and and asking for information.  ($16.95)
Speaking Naturally : Communication Skills in American English/Cassette--This cassette features readings of all the dialogues from the book Speaking Naturally.  The conversations feature a range of American speakers with different accents interacting in situations of different levels of formality. ($19.95)

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