language learning center · B2 · Lesson 10
Facilitating extended discussions
Connect contributions, manage turns, redirect focus, and close a sustained discussion collaboratively.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Alex
So far, we seem to agree on the goal but not on how quickly to pursue it.
Alex summarises agreement and the remaining difference.
Rina
Yes. That connects to Omar’s earlier point about limited resources.
Rina links the current discussion to an earlier contribution.
Omar
Before we move on, could we hear Maya’s view on the timing?
Omar protects space for another speaker before changing direction.
Maya
My sense is that a gradual start addresses both concerns. Shall we identify the first practical step?
Maya synthesises the views and moves the group toward an outcome.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
So far, we seem to agree that…
Summarise shared ground.
So far, we seem to agree on the goal but not on how quickly to pursue it.
That connects to…
Link contributions.
Yes. That connects to Omar’s earlier point about limited resources.
Before we move on,…
Protect the current focus.
Before we move on, could we hear Maya’s view on the timing?
Could we hear…’s view?
Invite a quieter speaker.
Before we move on, could we hear Maya’s view on the timing?
Shall we identify the next step?
Move toward a useful close.
My sense is that a gradual start addresses both concerns. Shall we identify the first practical step?
Notice, try, and speak
Which response both summarises the discussion and moves it toward a useful close?
Make it yours
Facilitate a five-minute discussion in English by summarising, linking two ideas, inviting a view, and proposing a next step.
Choose a topic that allows several people or imagined perspectives to contribute.
Use it with someone
Facilitate a sustained discussion in English
- 1. So far, we seem to agree that…
- 2. That connects to…
- 3. Before we move on,…
- 4. Could we hear…’s view?
- 5. Shall we identify the next step?