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# Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics- An Engaging ESL Textbook for Advanced Students

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Review: Very interesting and extremely useful - I've been using this book in a couple of ESL conversation classes and it has worked wonders. Every lesson is organized the same way, first introducing the topic with a lot of different questions, then presenting useful vocabulary followed by more conversation starters along the same line where students can practice these new words, and finally a plethora of quotes for discussion. There are 45 topics to choose from and one alone, in an upper intermediate to advanced class will take you two or three lesons to get through if done thoroughly. I own several ESL conversation textbooks and this one is easily the one I've gotten the most from. As the title suggests, the conversations do become compelling. Don't be fooled by the index; at first I thought some of the topics listed on it were boring, but on looking over the questions I thought they were well thought-out and can easily be used to start interesting conversations. If you are going to buy one book to use in ESL conversation classes, let it be this one. You won't regret it.
Review: Invaluable Book for ESL - A friend of the author asked me to review Compelling Conversations, and I am glad to do it because this is a truly excellent book. I've taught ESL to adults in East Los Angeles for eighteen years and came across this book just a couple of years ago. I wish I'd known about it sooner. I has become indispensable. It stands head and shoulders above the many other conversation books I've bought and used or considered using with my students. With little or no preparation, students can open this book and start speaking in pairs or groups. With a little creativity on the part of the teacher--warm up and follow up activities--and an ESL class or a conversation class can easily spend two hours working with a single chapter. The discussion questions are well-worded and the themes are accessible to a majority of students. Each list of questions is accompanied by a selection of related vocabulary words and quotations. You certainly get your money's worth in so far as the amount of material provided in this book and, again, the quality of the material is excellent. This wonderful book is for advanced level students. The author's equally wonderful book entitled Compelling American Conversations is fundamentally the same but presented at a more intermediate level (fewer questions per topic and easier language).

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #181,594 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #175 in Study & Teaching Reference (Books) #293 in Communication Reference (Books) #362 in English as a Second Language Instruction |
| Book 1 of 5  | Compelling Conversations |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (381) |
| Dimensions  | 8.25 x 0.41 x 10.5 inches |
| Edition  | 2nd ed. |
| ISBN-10  | 141965828X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1419658280 |
| Item Weight  | 15.2 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 164 pages |
| Publication date  | March 2, 2007 |
| Publisher  | BookSurge Publishing |
| Reading age  | 12 - 18 years |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very interesting and extremely useful
*by G***T on April 2, 2012*

I've been using this book in a couple of ESL conversation classes and it has worked wonders. Every lesson is organized the same way, first introducing the topic with a lot of different questions, then presenting useful vocabulary followed by more conversation starters along the same line where students can practice these new words, and finally a plethora of quotes for discussion. There are 45 topics to choose from and one alone, in an upper intermediate to advanced class will take you two or three lesons to get through if done thoroughly. I own several ESL conversation textbooks and this one is easily the one I've gotten the most from. As the title suggests, the conversations do become compelling. Don't be fooled by the index; at first I thought some of the topics listed on it were boring, but on looking over the questions I thought they were well thought-out and can easily be used to start interesting conversations. If you are going to buy one book to use in ESL conversation classes, let it be this one. You won't regret it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Invaluable Book for ESL
*by A***L on April 25, 2015*

A friend of the author asked me to review Compelling Conversations, and I am glad to do it because this is a truly excellent book. I've taught ESL to adults in East Los Angeles for eighteen years and came across this book just a couple of years ago. I wish I'd known about it sooner. I has become indispensable. It stands head and shoulders above the many other conversation books I've bought and used or considered using with my students. With little or no preparation, students can open this book and start speaking in pairs or groups. With a little creativity on the part of the teacher--warm up and follow up activities--and an ESL class or a conversation class can easily spend two hours working with a single chapter. The discussion questions are well-worded and the themes are accessible to a majority of students. Each list of questions is accompanied by a selection of related vocabulary words and quotations. You certainly get your money's worth in so far as the amount of material provided in this book and, again, the quality of the material is excellent. This wonderful book is for advanced level students. The author's equally wonderful book entitled Compelling American Conversations is fundamentally the same but presented at a more intermediate level (fewer questions per topic and easier language).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Questions you never thought of...
*by S***L on February 22, 2011*

I was thrilled to open this book & find assembled for me all the open-ended questions I might have thought of, had I found enough hours in the day! A great resource for a Conversational English class. Loved the quotations & proverbs, from many ethnicities: really provoked responses by students! Yeaah! This book is stuffed with ideas to use for class openers. I bought this from Amazon.com,"used, like new" - it's in perfect condition & worth every penny!

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