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Effective Discussion Techniques

The document provides expressions and phrases to facilitate discussions, including how to express agreement, disagreement, and shift topics. It emphasizes the importance of feedback and non-verbal signals in conversations. Additionally, it offers verbs and signposting techniques to help speakers navigate discussions effectively.

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Effective Discussion Techniques

The document provides expressions and phrases to facilitate discussions, including how to express agreement, disagreement, and shift topics. It emphasizes the importance of feedback and non-verbal signals in conversations. Additionally, it offers verbs and signposting techniques to help speakers navigate discussions effectively.

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Let’s sum up

What do you
our views
think?
about…

How can we I really like


take this the point you
forward? made about…

Could I just That’s an


make one interesting
point here… idea but…
Could you be Let’s build on
mistaken? that idea…

Let’s put all


Have you
those ideas
considered…?
together
EXPRESSIONS TO HELP YOU ALTER SIGNPOST A CHANGE OF TOPIC
YOUR POINT OF VIEW: FOR THE LISTENER OR TO
POSSIBLY CONCLUDE A STRETCH OF TALK:
PROBABLY NOW,
MAYBE SO,
I GUESS WE HAVE COVERED THE…
I SUPPOSE ANYWAY,
PERHAPS RIGHT,
OK

VERBS TO HELP YOU SHIFT OR


SPEAKERS SWITCH BETWEEN
DEVELOP THE DISCUSSION:
TOPICS USING PHRASES SUCH AS:
COULD IT BE,
AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER,
IT MIGHT SHOW,
LIKE YOU WERE JUST SAYING
IF THAT IS RIGHT THEN THE OTHER
AND TO BACK TO… AGAIN.
SHOULD BE
LISTENING:
SPEAKERS GIVE FEEDBACK TO EACH
OTHER AS THEY TALK AND LISTEN WITH
SPECIFIC WORDS LIKE EXACTLY,
DEFINITELY, RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY,
GOOD, OH I SEE AND THAT’S
Let’s sum up
INTERESTING OR VOCALISATIONS SUCH
our views
AS YEAH, MMM, UH HUH AND OH.
about…SIGNALS LIKE A
ALSO USE NON-VERBAL
NOD OF THE HEAD.

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