Exercise on Group Discussion Skills

1. Exercise on Group Discussion Skills

2. A. Structure of a group discussion In a good group discussion, there should be ______________ parts: an introduction, a ___________ and a _____________. The approximate allocation of time is 1 minute, _______ minutes and _________ minutes respectively. 3 body conclusion 7 2

3. Discussion skills that candidates can display at different times of the discussion are as follows: Starting the discussion • Introducing the topic • Suggesting a framework During the discussion • Asking for opinions • Making suggestions • Summarizing and moving on • Agreeing and disagreeing • Responding with a reason / an example

4. During the discussion (continued) • Interrupting • Clarifying • Assisting weaker candidates Closing the discussion • Summing up • Assigning responsibilities

5. B. Group discussion skills Candidates are expected to display a wide range of discussion skills in the 10-minute discussion. Complete the following formula and give an example for each item. For each skill, the first letter is given as hint.

6. aking suggestions • Asking for opinions e.g. What do you think? • M _______________ e.g. __________________ • P _______________ e.g. __________________ • M _______________ e.g. __________________ • S _______________ e.g. __________________ I think…… assing turns Is this a good idea, Miss Chan? oving on Shall we move on to discuss…? ummarising So far, we’ve discussed…

7. - I agree with you that …because • I’m afraid I can’t agree with you • because…. greeing and disagreeing 6.A _______________ e.g. ________________ 7. R _______________ e.g. ________________ 8. C _______________ e.g. ________________ 9. I_______________ e.g. ________________ 10. A _______________ e.g. ________________ What you’ve said is true but have you ever thought about… esponding What I mean is…. larifying nterrupting Sorry to interrupt, but… What’s your idea, Mr Wong? Do you agree with our ideas? ssisting weaker candidates

8. Based on 2003 Set 14 ‘Pets: Man’s best friend’, write out your ideas using the following sentence structures • Shall we ______? Today we need to ___ ________________________________ ________________________________ • I think we should include ____________ ___________ in our booklet because __ ________________________________. start plan a booklet entitled ‘Pets: man’s best friends’. the vaccination procedures pet owners need to know about this

9. vaccination procedures the advs and disadvs of keeping pets they are good considerations for potential pet owners. • In addition to ____________________, ________________________ can be included because _________________ ________________________________ • How can we gather information for the booklet? I think___________________ ________________________________ 5. How about presenting the information in an interesting way? In order to make the booklet interesting, we can __________ ________________________________ we can surf the Internet to get first-hand information. add colourful photos and make the booklet pocket-sized.

10. make the booklet. Shall we assign the responsibilities now? the information to beincluded and how to gather information. the target readers • So far, we’ve discussed_____________ ____________________________________ . Shall we move on to discuss _____________ ? • Who should be our target readers? I think ________________________________ because _____________________________ • As time is running short, let’s make a conclusion. We’ve planned how to _________ ______________________________________ we should target children and the elderly they often need a pet to accompany them