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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!

This collection of 42 short English lessons focuses on specific American idioms and common phrases. The thematic chapters are organized into seven categories: Let''s Get Started, Fun with Food, Body Language, Animal Wisdom, Colorful Language, How''s the Weather, and Where Are You. Each concise self-contained chapter explores a single American idiom with clear definitions, sample sentences, short readings, comprehension checks, vocabulary lists, writing activities, and conversation questions. The comfortable pace, unit quizzes (with answer keys) and an index of American idioms and expressions also makes this book comfortable for both English/ESL classroom use and self-study. Written for community college, high school, and adult English language learners, this ESL textbook improves the vocabulary and cultural literacy of intermediate English students. Understanding and using these American idioms will help immigrants sound more like their American neighbors. Idiom by idiom, readers will find speaking English less difficult and more fun - even "a breeze."

Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners is based on our original and highly successful English as a SecondLanguage (ESL) textbook, Compelling Conversations. The difference is this unique textbook was created for Vietnamese English Language Learners. Like the original, this English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbook includes thematic chapters to create quality conversations and uses conversation starters, interview questions, classic quotations, paraphrasing exercises, and traditional proverbs to create hours of English conversation and class discussions. This culturally sensitive text encourages students to speak about their experiences, their families, and their lives in Vietnam. With dozens of practical speaking exercises, Compelling Conversations helps advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners develop greater fluency, develop and express their opinions, give reasons to support their opinions, build critical thinking skills, prepare for standardized tests with speaking sections (TOEFL, IELTS), and create authentic conversations. Fluency also requires practice. Compelling Conversations encourages students to learn by doing and continually practice speaking English. As a result, students gain greater confidence, fluency, and vocabulary. They also create better conversations in English - in and beyond their English classes. Originally designed for community college students (ages 18-87!), the textbook has been adopted by American adult schools, international high schools, English language schools and intensive English language programs, university ESL programs, and conversation clubs. Recommended by English Teaching Professional magazine, The original, Compelling Conversations - Questions & Quotations on Timeless Topics is used by English Language Learners in over 40 countries. Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners includes:¿ 15 thematic chapters ¿ over 75 communicative activities¿ Partner, group, and class discussion activities to develop fluency ¿ 15 targeted vocabulary lists to expand working vocabulary in social, professional, and academic contexts ¿ 15 Paraphrasing exercises ¿ Over 125 global proverbs to build intercultural understanding¿ 15 question writing exercises¿ 150 classic quotations to display eloquent language and develop critical thinking skills¿ 27 black-and-white photographs¿ Versatile material than can be adapted to multi-level listening and speaking classes¿ Critical thinking activities that develop vital academic skills for mainstream college courses¿ Discussion activities to build fluency and classroom speaking skills¿ 9 out-of-classroom and online assignments for homework and/or self-study¿ An alphabetized academic word list¿ Bibliography¿ 108 pagesThis 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 book combines focused communicative activities and the natural language approach. We are Chimayo Press, an independent educational publishing company based in Los Angeles since 2005. We're committed to publishing niche books that create compelling conversations, deepen relationships, and celebrate the human spirit. Compelling Conversations - Questions & Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners is the second title in our Compelling Conversations series.