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Worksheets5 Core Skills of Academic Conversations
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
A student might give an analogy for something when they use which conversation skill?
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A student might tell about an instance in their life when they use which skill?
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A student might start with "Another way to look at this could be... " when they are trying to use which skill?
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A student might preface with "Am I right in hearing you say that..." when they are about to use which skill?
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A student might use which skill when they say, "The main theme seems to be..."?
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Teachers help promote which skill by providing graphic organizers like semantic maps?
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Teachers help promote which conversation skill by having the class evaluate if a detail gives weak or strong support for an idea?
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Teachers help promote which conversation skill by having students role play respect norms for controversial conversations?
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Teachers help promote which conversation skill by having students listen to a short speech without notes and compare the main points to what a partner remembered them to be.
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Teachers help promote which conversation skill by having students prune their ideas to discard ones that are not helpful?
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