Books in the Compelling Conversations series

Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Speaking Exercises for Vietnamese Learners of EnglishBecome who you want to be - in English!Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Speaking Exercises for Vietnamese Learners of English is the second edition of Compelling Conversations - Vietnam: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners. Based on our original and highly successful English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook, Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics, this unique ELT textbook was created specifically for Vietnamese learners of English in the United States. This fluency-focused second edition includes 14 revised thematic chapters to create quality conversations, interview questions, pronunciation exercises, and paraphrasing exercises of traditional proverbs to create hours of English conversation and class discussions.Compelling Conversations - Vietnam also expands word knowledge and academic vocabulary with communicative activities focused around the study of common prefixes and suffixes.This conversation book also includes cultural tips for international students and American immigrants. Readers and English students gain greater fluency, confidence, and vocabulary in communicative activities. Adult and community college students share opinions, build critical thinking skills, and create authentic conversations.Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners includes: Over 100 communicative activities about daily lifeOver 300 questions to spark conversation and reflectionFocused pronunciation activities that target common "good mistakes" made by Vietnamese learners of Englishshort readings on American cultureOver 100 global and 40 Vietnamese proverbs to build intercultural under- standing and develop critical thinking skillsflexible activities for multi-level listening and speaking ESL classesacademic vocabulary sets to perform better on standardized tests like TOEFL, IELTScommunicative word activities focused on common prefixes and suffixesbilingual sets of Vietnamese and American proverbs for phrasing practicegroups short writing activities and online quizzes to put academic vocabulary into practice15 Search and Share webquest assignments for small discussiona groups10 additional reproducible surveys, forms, and worksheets in the appendixThis communicative, oral skills EFL/ESL textbook has been primarily designed for international high schools, community college/university English language programs, and adult education programs. The speaking skills book combines focused communicative activities, the natural language approach, and some edtech activities to spark lively conversations in and out of the English classrooms. Written by Teresa X Nguyen, an ESL teacher best known for the bilingual (Vietnamese - English) YouTube series ESL Garage, and Eric H. Roth, the co-author of the popular ESL textbook series Compelling Conversations, this unique book has already won critical praise and a niche following among Vietnamese American English language learners in Southern California.Strongly recommended by Ngiou-Viet newspaper!