Compelling Conversations - Vietnam - 2nd Edition by Teresa X Nguyen & Eric H Roth (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Created specifically for Vietnamese learners of English in the United States, this innovative ESL conversation book builds fluency. This new, expanded edition includes 14 revised thematic chapters to create lively discussions. Community college English students share opinions, build critical thinking skills, and create authentic conversations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Speaking Exercises for Vietnamese Learners of English</p><p>Become who you want to be - in English!</p><p><em>Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Speaking Exercises for Vietnamese Learners of English</em> is the second edition of Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners. Based on our original and highly successful English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook, <em>Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics, </em>this unique ELT textbook was created specifically for Vietnamese learners of English in the United States. This fluency-focused second edition includes 14 revised thematic chapters to create quality conversations, interview questions, pronunciation exercises, and paraphrasing exercises of traditional proverbs to create hours of English conversation and class discussions.</p><p><em>Compelling Conversations - Vietnam</em> also expands word knowledge and academic vocabulary with communicative activities focused around the study of common prefixes and suffixes.This conversation book also includes cultural tips for international students and American immigrants. Readers and English students gain greater fluency, confidence, and vocabulary in communicative activities. Adult and community college students share opinions, build critical thinking skills, and create authentic conversations.</p><p><strong>Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners includes: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Over 100 communicative activities about daily life</li> <li>Over 300 questions to spark conversation and reflection</li> <li>Focused pronunciation activities that target common "good mistakes" made by Vietnamese learners of English</li> <li>short readings on American culture</li> <li>Over 100 global and 40 Vietnamese proverbs to build intercultural under- standing and develop critical thinking skills</li> <li>flexible activities for multi-level listening and speaking ESL classes</li> <li>academic vocabulary sets to perform better on standardized tests like TOEFL, IELTS</li> <li>communicative word activities focused on common prefixes and suffixes</li> <li>bilingual sets of Vietnamese and American proverbs for phrasing practice</li> <li>groups short writing activities and online quizzes to put academic vocabulary into practice</li> <li>15 Search and Share webquest assignments for small discussiona groups</li> <li>10 additional reproducible surveys, forms, and worksheets in the appendix</li> </ul> <p>This communicative, oral skills EFL/ESL textbook has been primarily designed for international high schools, community college/university English language programs, and adult education programs. The speaking skills book combines focused communicative activities, the natural language approach, and some edtech activities to spark lively conversations in and out of the English classrooms. Written by Teresa X Nguyen, an ESL teacher best known for the bilingual (Vietnamese - English) YouTube series <em>ESL Garage</em>, and Eric H. Roth, the co-author of the popular ESL textbook series <em>Compelling Conversations</em>, this unique book has already won critical praise and a niche following among Vietnamese American English language learners in Southern California.</p> <p>Strongly recommended by Ngiou-Viet newspaper!</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"When creating a curriculum for ESL speaking students, teachers should consider many demographic and cultural aspects of their students (Folse, 2006). Roth and Aberson have employed such an approach for Vietnamese ELLs in Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners where careful knowledge of Vietnamese culture, customs and values, first- (L1) to second-language (L2) transference issues, and expertise in the field of ESL speaking have been well documented. Compelling Conversations is a text that encourages multiculturalism, that is flexible enough to use for all ages of advanced English language learners, and that gives a personally relevant, tailored experience for advanced Vietnamese ELLs to formulate their opinions in anticipation of present and future communications with English speakers... Roth and Aberson graciously encourage multicultural curiosity within this text by their interviewing techniques and soft cultural reminders to the students not to be intimidated of foreigners and to encourage one another. Students are advised in the beginning as well that the goal of any speaking activity is the level of intelligibility that they can speak with, instead of the native-sounding phonological aims that many students have (Derwing & Munro, 2005) Compelling Conversations establishes a classroom culture revolving around respect and encouragement from the beginning..." Sarah Elizabeth Snyder, Northern Arizona University Teaching English as a Second Language - Electronic Journal September 2012 "What do learners of English want when they start learning English language? Of course they want to be able to communicate with others in English. In other words, they want to speak English fluently. Compelling Conversations - Questions & Quotations for Advance Vietnamese English language learners textbook does just that ... it helps learners of English to speak English fluently...As an English teacher in Vietnam, I know how difficult is for Vietnamese learners of English to have a group discussion in English... All chapters of Compelling Conversation contain predefined questions to get students talking from the first moment. Great resources such as reproducible worksheets for students, surveys etc. can be found in every chapter of the book. Throughout the book proverbs related to each topic are given to the students to discuss... these are the main reasons why I think a book like Compelling Conversations is indispensable for any English teacher." Dan Dumitrache eslvietnamzone.com October 2012 "This is a great book for helping Vietnamese speakers improve their conversational English skills. I use the book to tutor Vietnamese people that already have an intermediate level of English ability. Many ESL folks believe that the best method to sound more native is to add more words to their vocabulary. However, the intent of teaching from this book is to focus on improving conversational skills. The book, for example, assist students by making them understand more of the idiosyncrasies in how English speakers actually communicate. The questions and exercises are geared towards Vietnamese learners, while focusing on life in the United States. I highly recommend this book for lower intermediate to advanced students in Vietnam." -Mark Treston, co-author of Compelling American Conversations - Teacher Edition "Designed to be a conversation starter for native Vietnamese speakers in a classroom setting, Compelling Conversations: Questions & Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners would work well for any foreign-language speaker attempting to become fluent in English...It is an excellent teaching tool for the advanced Vietnamese student of English and a welcome entry into an under-served market." -Marilyn Berry ForeWord Reviews*<br>
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