Speaking Skills: Expanding

ESL Materials: Speaking Skills

Expanding: Make your sentences longer with more information, such as what, when, where and who with.

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4. Expanding

What?

  • “I like coffee ... ... I like hot coffee.”
  • “I like coffee ... ... I like coffee with cream and sugar.”

Where?

  • “I like coffee ... ... I like coffee at Seaside Café.”

When?

  • “I like coffee ... ... I like coffee in the morning.”

Who?

  • “I like coffee ... ... I like coffee with Diane.”

Build - Don’t stop, don’t pause. Keep repeating and thinking.

  • I like football.
  • I like Italian football.
  • I like Italian football on TV.
  • I like Italian football on TV in the living room.
  • I like Italian football on TV in the living room on Sundays.
  • I like Italian football on TV in the living room on Sundays with my family.
  • Do you like football?

Rephrasing

  • “I love Barcelona in the summer with my friends ...
    Barcelona in the summer with my friends is amazing.”

Fluency Training - "I like coffee"

  1. Repeating
  2. Quick Responses
  3. Rephrasing
  4. Expanding
  5. Active Listening
  6. Giving Opinions
  7. Summarizing
  8. Confirming and Correcting
  9. Agreeing and Disagreeing
  10. Wrap-up

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