KIFL WIT Discussion I (1st & 2nd periods) - notes about 2/27 discussion final

Hello to all my discussion students,

Image "Teenage student discussing" courtesy of Ambro/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Image "Teenage student discussing" courtesy of Ambro/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Here are some notes about next week's discussion final exam (for 2/27).

When we get together, we will speak on a discussion topic for 10-12 minutes (10 minutes is best, but if you want to go on a little longer it's okay).

For topics, you can:r topics, you can:
1. Do a topic we have already done in the textbook and expand on it, or
2. Bring in your own topic that you can speak about 

We will get together in groups and/or pairs to do this - you can choose your group members or partners in advance, or do so when we get to the classroom.  

What I will look for:
Starting, moving on, and finishing a discussion all within your time. 

Many of you know how to start and even move on within a discussion topic, but finishing a topic sometimes still may be hard. Simply stopping talking is not finishing a topic. So to conclude a topic, here is what you can do:

Give a signal when the time is coming up to conclude the topic. Here are some examples:

Well, I'll finish by saying...
Let's finish/conclude by saying...
Let me finish (what I have to say) by saying...
I'll wrap up by saying...
Let's wrap up. Let's say that...
(Maybe) what we can say (about this) is...

There are other expressions to finish up a discussion, but these are some useful ones. 

So good luck! See you next week!