{"product_id":"conversation-strategies-an-interactive-student-book-for-pairs-and-groups-9780866475938","title":"Conversation Strategies: An Interactive Student Book for Pairs and Groups","description":"\u003cp\u003eConversation Strategies, now in its 4th edition (2026), builds students' abilities to confidently engage in active conversation in English. Each unit provides the language and interactive practice necessary for high-beginner to low-intermediate students in English to develop core oral communication skills, such as politely interrupting, signaling misunderstanding, confirming comprehension, asking follow-up questions, and agreeing and disagreeing.\u003c\/p\u003eFeatures of this New Edition: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompletely redesigned units, with clearer layouts and more white space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpdated content, including newly added units and practice activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew cartoons and other art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew downloadable Teacher's Guide for instructional support and classroom use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eTable of ContentsPart 1 - Strategy: Showing You Are Interested\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 1 - Giving Reactions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 2 - Asking Follow-Up Questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 3 - Giving Reactions and Asking Follow-Up Questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart 2 - Strategy: Asking Questions to Clarify\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 4 - Asking Confirmation Questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 5 - Asking for Clarification with Question Words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 6 - Asking Questions to Confirm and Clarify\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart 3 - Strategy: Showing That You Understand\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 7 - Showing Empathy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 8 - Summarizing What Someone Has Told You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 9 - Showing Empathy and Summarizing During a Discussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart 4 - Strategies: Getting More Information\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 10 - Asking for More Details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 11 - Giving Descriptions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 12 - Asking For and Giving More Details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart 5 - Strategies: Keeping a Conversation Going\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 13 - Keeping or Killing the Conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 14 - Responding With Details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 15 - Keeping a Conversation Going and Responding with Details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart 6 - Strategy: Interacting Politely\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 16 - Interrupting Someone Politely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 17 - Correcting Someone Politely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 18 - Making Requests and Giving Responses and Excuses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 19 - Beginning and Ending a Formal Phone Call\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart 7 - Strategy: Interacting More Deeply\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 20 - Expressing Opinions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 21 - Confirming Your Listener's Understanding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart 8 - Strategy: Sharing Information with Others\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 22 - Starting and Ending a Conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 23 - Asking for Advice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 24 - Reporting What Someone Has Told You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart 9 - Strategy: Participating in a Group\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 25 - Volunteering an Answer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 26 - Leading a Discussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 27 - Making a Group Decision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Kehe and Peggy Dustin Kehe, authors of the award-winning CONVERSATION STRATEGIES, have co-written eight textbooks with Pro Lingua Learning. They have been ESL teachers for over 35 years in the U.S., Japan, and Greece and with the Peace Corps in Niger. They both have a Master of Arts in TESOL from the School for International Training (SIT) in Brattleboro, Vermont. Currently, David is Faculty Emeritus at Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA, and Peggy is retired from teaching. David also writes a blog about teaching ESL called \"Common Sense Teaching ESL.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pro Lingua Learning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52179999162642,"sku":"9780866475938","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f1ccb23-a4a6-4fc3-9e33-0c615d326f7e.jpg?v=1775643475","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/conversation-strategies-an-interactive-student-book-for-pairs-and-groups-9780866475938","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}