Review
IWOSC member and USC professor ERIC ROTH has just published his book, “Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics.” The innovative book, designed for non-native English speakers with a sophisticated worldview and still evolving language skills, includes 45 thematic chapters, 1,350 questions, and over 500 quotations and proverbs. Alta catalog, the nation’s largest distributor of English as a Second Language materials, has picked up the book. Easy English Times, a monthly newspaper for adult education students, will also be running a monthly column with book excerpts for the next year. Toni Aberson, the book’s co-author, has known Roth since before he was born. Roth calls his co-author, an English teacher for over 35 years, “mom. — Independent Writers of Southern California Newsletter (IWOSC) May 2007 newsletterThis outstanding resource (Compelling Conversations) allows teachers to confidently walk into an advanced ESL classroom with self-c (click here for further information)
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Conversation Creator
I used the book Compelling Conversations when I taught ESL to high school and college students from France taking part in a UCLA summer program.
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Outstanding for ESL and more
I cannot praise this book enough. It is an outstanding resource for producing natural, flowing conversations.
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No content
I wonder if all other reviews come from the book publisher or something. There is no real content to the book. It is just a list of topics one can think of any time anywhere.
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Amazing for private tutoring
I tutor several girls from Asian countries, and this book is a great way to get them working on pronunciation and exposing them to American concepts.
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A wholesome learning resource!
When compelling conversations got into my hands I couldn’t help but to think: I wish I had this book when I was learning English!
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Outstanding
As an ESL instructor for over 13 years, I have found this book rich with wonderful prompts generating creative and engaging dialogue amongst my ESL students.
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Ennobling English. . .
COMPELLING CONVERSATIONS fills a real niche in which I have been teaching for some years now. It suits the needs of advanced-level ESL students and clients as well as native…