Discourse Strategies

(Unit 1, page 11)
 
Showing  interest  and surprise  
A.    Use these expressions to show interest and surprise at what your partner is saying. Showing interest
and surprise will keep the conversation going. Practice saying each.
 
 
B.    Pair  Work .  Student A reads the first conversation below, and Student B shows interest or surprise.
Change roles for the second conversation.
Showing  interest   ( rising  intonation) 
 
Oh?                Oh yeah?                              Really?  
Oh  really?                Is  that   right?
 

Showing surprise  ( falling  intonation)  

Conversation 1
A:   I went to Fiji on vacation last year. It
really changed my perspective on life.
B:  (Show interest.) 
A:  Yeah, most of the native Fijians live
together in small villages.  
B:  (Show interest.)  
A:  Yeah, and most of them don’t work.
Instead, they just sit around and talk
most of the day.  
B:   (Show interest or surprise.)  
A:   It’s true. They get fruit and vegetables
from the village garden, and they get
fish from the sea. They say they don’t
really need anything else.    
B:  (Show interest.)  
A:  So I decided to quit my job and move
to Fiji.
B:  (Show interest or surprise.)  
A:  But then I changed my mind.
B:  (Show interest.)   
A:  Yeah, I decided I would miss my
favorite TV shows too much.  
B:  (Show surprise.) 

Conversation 2
B:  There was a very strong earthquake a few
years ago when I was living abroad.  
A:  (Show interest.) 
B:  Yeah, it happened in the middle of the
night. I thought I was going to die.  
A:  (Show surprise.) 
B:  Yeah! The whole building shook and
everything fell off the walls.  
A:   (Show interest or surprise.) 
B:  Yeah, it was pretty scary. All my furniture
got knocked over, and everything fell out
the kitchen cabinets.  
A:  (Show interest or surprise.) 
B:  And I had an aquarium on the floor, and
the water and fish hit the ceiling and came
down on the other side of the room.
A:  (Show surprise.) 
B:   I thought the building would break apart.
You could actually hear the concrete and
steel screaming as the building shook.
A:  (Show surprise.) 
B:  Yeah.   But then it was over. I’ll never take
mother nature for granted again. 

 
C.    Now practice showing interest and surprise as you do the Discussion Builder activities on page 11. 

Summit  1    Unit  1
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