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How to: Oral Mediation

Andrea Jurado Hurtad

Created on January 24, 2024

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Transcript

ORAL MEDIATION

Part 1

Groups of 3 (or 2)

Introduce yourselves (1 min)

Part 2

Each candidate will get a different text related to the same topic.You have to read and prepare it. (7-8 mins)

You cannot write what you are going to say - you can only write 4-5 key words.

Candidates must transmit the information in their text to the other candidates in order to resolve a communicative situation and reach an agreement. (8-10mins)

ORAL MEDIATION

Example

Your friend Antonia wants to start a diet. You and your friends are concerned that it might harm her health. Each of you have searched for information about different diets to help Antonia lose weight without losing health, and you have found different articles related to the topic. Share the points from your article that you think might help Antonia, and together, prepare what you are going to say to her about the topic the next time you meet with her.

Candidate 1 - Article about veganism

Candidate 2 - Article about the ketogenic diet

Candidate 3 - Article about the paleo diet

Giving opinion

As far as I'm concerned ... I think ... In my opinion ... As far as I know ... In my view ... I don't think ... I don't believe that ... Well, if you ask me ... If you want my honest opinion ... I've never come across the idea that ...

Useful Vocabulary

Agree/Disagree

I must admit that ... I totally/fully/partly agree. I agree/don't agree with you. I believe/don't believe ... I'm convinced that ... The way I see it ... It seems to me that ... I wouldn't say that ... I don't think so. You're right up to a point.
You could be right. That can't be right. I don't agree at all. As a matter of fact, ... That's right/wrong. I can understand ... It's hard to say. It's a fact that ... However, ... That's why ....

DISCUSSIONS

Clarification

What do you think? What's your opinion? Would you like to say something? What do you mean? What are your ideas? What are you trying to say?

Keep it going

Interrupt

I'm sorry, but ... Can/May I add something? Sorry to interrupt, but ...
Let's get back to ... As we just heard ... Where were we?