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In response to underdeveloped academic speaking skills of students studying an English for Academic Purposes program in Canada, Chapter 8 introduces a ‘Six Thinking Hats’ approach to academic speaking. These six elements include summarizing, expressing opinions, clarifying, forecasting, and providing alternative ideas, all functional skills needed to engage in academic group spoken discourse. The authors provide sample language for each function and a coordinated plan to encourage student use thereof.
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What are the contexts where your students will most likely need to interact effectively in spoken English, now or in the future?
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What are the three greatest challenges that your students face in working collaboratively with others in the English classroom?
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How might the Six Hats approach enable you to systematically address the language learning challenges that your students face?
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Could the Six Hats approach be used with beginner or intermediate level language learners? If so, how?
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Pang, W., Burri, M. (2018). Teaching Dialogic Speaking Strategies in a Canadian EAP Program. In: Burns, A., Siegel, J. (eds) International Perspectives on Teaching the Four Skills in ELT. International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63444-9_8
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