Making a dialogue
1. Useful vocab:
Hi. / Hello. Nice to meet you.
How are you?
I want to talk to you about… /
Don‘t we have to talk about… ?
I‘d like to go to / plan / …
What about you?
1. Introduction
- greeting / welcoming
- topic / problem / conflict
→ Why are you talking?
→ What about?
2. Argumentation
- exchange ideas /
points of views
- give/ explain reasons
- agree/ disagree
2. Useful vocab:
Expressing your own opinion
Personally, I think (that)…
It seems to me that…
My own view of the matter / the
issue is that…
I strongly believe (that)…
To my mind, …
3. Ending
- summary of your ideas
- conclusion
- saying „Good bye“
3. Useful vocab:
All in all, we agree that… / on
the following point(s)
To sum up we can say that…
Thanks a lot for talking to me…
See you next … / in a (week).
Have a nice… Bye.
2. Useful vocab:
Focussing / Structuring
I think we should focus on the main
aspects now.
Let’s now consider another important aspect of
today’s debate.
I think we have exchanged our opinions on
that point now and should move on
to…
2. Useful vocab:
2. Useful vocab:
Agreeing with an opinion
That matches my own view exactly.
Exactly, that’s how I see it.
I absolutely hold the same view.
I think you’ve got a point (here).
I can go along with that.
2. Useful vocab:
Partly agreeing with an opinion
I don’t entirely agree with you.
There’s certainly some truth in your
words, but you fail to notice that...
I admit that…, but…
I understand your reasons; but I see
some aspects a bit differently.
2. Useful vocab:
Disagreeing with an opinion
I’m afraid I totally disagree.
I fail to see the logic behind (any of) your
argument(s).
I think it’s just wrong to say that…
Your argument(s) is / are not convincing at all.
You might think differently if…
Interrupting
Pardon me, but I think this just leads the
debate astray.
Can I stop you there for a moment?
Excuse me for breaking in here right now,
but…
May I interrupt you for a second?