ACADEMIC VOCABULARY How to navigate: On the slide with list of sentence openings, click on the topic you will use To change topics, click on ……………. to take you back to home list

Category Links 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 Category Links

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.”