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"Gambits"

Keller, Eric – TESL Talk, 1976

"Gambits" are conversational tools for introducing what we're about to say, such as "Excuse me for interrupting, but..." A three-part textbook series for students of English as a Second Language entitled "Gambits" contains exercises for advanced students which attempt to recreate "real-life" language…

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Fluency, Language Instruction

Gambits 3. Conversational Tools. Responders and Closers.

Keller, Eric; Warner, Sylvia Taba – 1977

This volume is part of a series, which is in turn part of a course entitled "Contact Canada" and designed for adult Francophone students of English as a second language. The series contains exercises for learning conversational tools. This volume deals specifically with response and closing formulas. In section 1, response formulas are…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)