ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
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Expressing an opinion
Responding
Disagreeing
Soliciting a response
Asking for clarification
Interrupting
Offering a suggestion
Predicting
Paraphrasing
Acknowledging ideas
Affirming
Holding the floor
Reporting a partner’s idea
Reporting a group idea
Expressing an Opinion
• “I think…”
• “I believe…”
• “In my opinion…”
• “It seems to me that…”
• “Not everyone will agree with me, but…”
Responding
• “I agree with what _____ said.”
• “You are right about that.”
• “I am not sure.”
• “That is an interesting idea.”
• “I had not thought of that before.”
• “I thought about that also.”
Disagreeing
• “I do not agree with you because…”
• “I see it another way.”
• “My idea is slightly different from yours.”
• “I have a different answer than you.”
Soliciting a Response
• “Do you agree?”
• “What do you think?”
• “We haven’t heard from ______ yet.”
• “What answer did you get for
number___?”
Asking for Clarification
• “Could you repeat that?”
• “Could you say more about that?”
• “In other words, you think that…(paraphrase)”
• “Could you give me an example of that?”
• “I have a question about that.”
Interrupting
• “May I interrupt for a moment?”
• “May I add something here?”
• “I’m sorry to interrupt, but…”
Offering a Suggestion
• “Why don’t you/we…”
• “Maybe you/we could…”
• “Here is something you/we might try….”
Predicting
• “I guess/predict/imagine that…”
• “Based on…, I infer that…”
• “I hypothesize that…”
Paraphrasing
• “So, you are saying that…”
• “In other words, you think…”
• “What I hear you saying is…”
Acknowledging Ideas
• “My idea is similar to/related to ___’s
idea.”
• “I agree with ____ that…”
• “My idea builds upon _____’s idea.”
Affirming
• “That’s an interesting idea.”
• “I hadn’t thought of that…”
• “I see what you mean.”
Holding the Floor
• “As I was saying…”
• “If I could finish my thought…”
• “What I was trying to say was…”
Reporting a Partner’s Idea
• “____ shared with me that…”
• “____ pointed out to me that…”
• “____ emphasized that…”
• “____ concluded that…”
Reporting a Group’s Idea
• “We decided/agreed that…”
• “We concluded that…”
• “Our group sees it differently.”
• “We had a different approach.”