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'Whilst I do not object, I strongly believe...' Exploring spoken argumentative and persuasive discourse

Elen Le Foll
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Even at the higher proficiency levels, many learners continue to rely on the same limited range of basic expressions to express opinions, persuade and present arguments (e.g., I think, X is very important, because of this…) or are not aware of register differences and thus frequently use words and phrases typical of written discourse in their spoken production (e.g., it has been argued that, moreover…). This chapter outlines how advanced students can explore a corpus of transcripts of discussions and debates from the European Parliament to tap into a wealth of useful expressions and find out how they are used in an authentic context. The proposed data-driven learning (DDL) lesson thus involves a hands-on corpus-based activity aimed at enabling students to improve their speaking skills. It relies on the EUROPARL subcorpus of the multilingual InterCorp corpus via the free corpus interface KonText. In the second half of the lesson, students are then encouraged to try out their newly acquired expressions in a series of mini debates on familiar topics to be chosen by the teacher.
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hal-04070459 , version 1 (15-04-2023)

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Elen Le Foll. 'Whilst I do not object, I strongly believe...' Exploring spoken argumentative and persuasive discourse. Teaching English with Corpora: A Resource Book, Routledge, pp.198-202, 2023, 978-1-03-225299-5 978-1-03-225297-1. ⟨hal-04070459⟩

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