I've used A Conversation Book 1 (3rd Edition) with beginning learners and found it to be engaging. It has a wide variety of topics about daily life, colorful illustrations, and a good mix of activities to stimulate thinking and conversation in small or large groups. The activities seem well-designed to build vocabulary and practice simple language patterns. Interesting games are suggested for applying the concepts.

Linda Rytterager
ESOL Teacher
Boise, Idaho
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  From: Project CARE<mailto:ProjectCARE at morton.edu> 
  To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List<mailto:englishlanguage at nifl.gov> 
  Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:45 PM
  Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2088] Re: Conversation Starters


  The web site: http://iteslj.org/questions/<http://iteslj.org/questions/> has a lot of good conversation starters. I don't know exactly what you are looking for in terms of grammar or vocabulary. But this link has lots of conversation topics to get the conversation rolling. The best part is that it is free!

   

  I hope that helps!

   

  Karin Johnsey

   

  Project CARE

  Morton College

  Cicero, IL 60804

  708-656-8000 x383

   

  From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Jennifer Gore
  Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:54 PM
  To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
  Cc: Keeley
  Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2087] Conversation Starters

   

  Could anyone recommend a great resource to use in an ESL conversation group? There are numerous ones available, and with a limit on spending, we'd like to make the best choice possible. Some of the ones we've seen advertized but not reviewed follow.

   

  Thank you.

   

        Getting Together: An ESL Conversation Book<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0155295985/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3J8ZVAQ79AVXS&colid=2NMAKB9IHXLDV> 
       
       
        by Susan Stempleski (Author), et al
       

   

        First Discussion Starters: Speaking Fluency Activities for Lower-Level ESL/EFL Students <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0472088955/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1RKXTGAVW0QMO&colid=2NMAKB9IHXLDV>
       
       
        by Keith S. Folse (Author), Jeanine Aida Ivone (Author)

         

              A Conversation Book 1: English in Everyday Life (4th Edition) (Conversation Book) <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131500457/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=IKK5NNYNTW2L&colid=2NMAKB9IHXLDV>
             
             
              by Tina Kasloff Carver (Author), Sandra Fotinos-Riggs (Author)
             
       

   

  Jenny

   

   

  Jennifer B. Gore
  Executive Director
  Reading Connections, Inc.
  122 N. Elm Street, STE 520
  Greensboro, NC 27401

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