DUE10012 WEEK 2

DUE10012 WEEK 2

​1.1 Share ideas and information in group discussions.​

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• Agree or disagree to suggestions courteously ​

• Justify opinions through elaboration of main points and supporting details​

• Ask for and make clarifications​

by Mdm Hafizah

​Agree and disagree to suggestions courteously ​

• ​AGREE- you correspond to your friends’ suggestion​

• DISAGREE- you oppose to the suggestion

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​To express agreement​:

​I agree with you.    ​

You are right.​

That is true.​

I share the same view.​

I am of the same opinion.​​

​To express disagreement

​I disagree.                              ​

I don’t see it that way.​

I beg to differ.​

I don’t think so.​

I am not convinced that your suggestion will work.​

I think it would be better if…..

​Justify opinions through elaboration of main points and supporting details​

​It is important to justify all opinions you have by giving elaboration and examples. Here are the ways to present your ideas effectively:

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• ​State your opinion/ suggestion​

• Present main point.​

• Explain your point, give reason: cause, effect, solution and example.

​To introduce a point of view​

​In my opinion,…​

I believe that….​

It is my view that….​

Based on my opinion, ……​

​To provide an example​

​For example….​

For instance…..​

One example is…..​

Take for an example……​

…..such as….

​To start a new point

​Secondly,….​

My next point is….​

Another suggestion is….​

Next, I would like to highlight….​

Another point that I would like to emphasize is…..​

Next, we come to ……​

Moving on to my next point, which is…..​

​To refer to what you have said

​As I have said earlier,…​

I mentioned earlier that…​

As I said at the beginning…​

I have pointed out earlier that…

​To signal cause and effect

​This…..in turn can lead to…​

For this reason….​

As a result…..​

Due to…​

As a consequence….​

….so that….​

…..because of….​

If….then….

​To signal that you are about to move on to a possible solution.​

​So, what can be done to solve this problem?​

What should we do?​

Let’s look at some of the possible ways….​

Now, let’s consider some possible solutions.

​To signal that you are drawing a conclusion from what has been said earlier​

​Thus,….​

Hence,….​

Therefore….​

As a result…​

This in turn can lead to….

​To conclude​

​In conclusion,…​

In a nutshell,…​

In short,…​

Therefore, my suggestion is….​

As a conclusion, I suggest that….​

Let me conclude by saying that….​

I would like to conclude by saying that…​

​Ask for and make clarifications

​The purpose is to:

• ​Ensure that the listener’s understanding of what the speaker has said is correct​

• Reassure the speaker that the listener  is interested in them and trying to understand what they are saying.

• Clarifying can involve asking questions or occasionally summarising what the speaker has said.​

​HOW TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION​

• ​What do you mean by…?​

• Do you mean…?​

• Could you say that again, please?​

• Could you clarify that, please?​

• Would you elaborate on that, please?​

•  Could you give us an example?​

• I wonder if you could say that in a different way.​

​CLARIFYING ONE’S POINT OR IDEA

• ​In other words…​

• To say this differently…​

• To put this differently…​

• Let me explain that…​

• Let me explain that in more detail…​

• Sorry let me explain…​

• Let me put this in another way