{"id":778,"date":"2018-01-30T01:07:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=778"},"modified":"2018-01-30T02:36:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T18:36:24","slug":"lesson-21-my-predictions-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/english-learning\/lesson-21-my-predictions-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 21 \u2013 My predictions are\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-summary\">Summary<\/div>\n<div class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-aim\">Making predictions and giving reasons in a discussion<\/div>\n<div class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">\n<p>The topic of\u00a0the lesson\u00a0is\u00a0about changes in society. I had opportunities to :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>give a short presentation on how you think society might change<\/li>\n<li>focus on <strong>future time references<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>use phrases for <strong>agreeing<\/strong> and <strong>disagreeing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>practise sentence stress to sound more natural when making predictions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>100% &#8211; Definitely\/ Certainly<\/p>\n<p>90%- Almost (definitely\/certainly)<\/p>\n<p>85% &#8211; may well + verb<\/p>\n<p>80% &#8211; may\/might<\/p>\n<p>75% &#8211; probably<\/p>\n<p>&gt;50% &#8211; likely<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;Stress&#8221; words &#8211; speak relative slowly + stress<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Very<\/strong> &#8211; always stress<\/li>\n<li><strong>won&#8217;t<\/strong> &#8211; negative form always stress<\/li>\n<li>definitely<\/li>\n<li>likely<\/li>\n<li>might<\/li>\n<li>probably<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n[Giving your opinions]\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I think that&#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">In my opinion&#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">To my mind&#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I&#8217;d predict that&#8230; (future)<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I guess &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">Personally, I think &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">My impression is that&#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">From (sb.) perspective&#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">Some people say that&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[Asking for others&#8217; opinions]\n<ul>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">What do you think?<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">What do you reckon?<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">What&#8217;s your opinion?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">[Making clarification]\n<ul>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">What are you getting at, Tom?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">[Agreeing]\n<ul>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I agree.<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I think so too.<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">You&#8217;re right, that&#8217;s a good point<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">That&#8217;s exactly what I think!<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">That&#8217;s true.<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">Definitely<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">Exactly<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">Absolutely<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I see your point<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I see what you are getting at<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I suppose so [accept others&#8217; offer\/request]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[Disagreeing]\n<ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t think so.<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I disagree.<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">I&#8217;m not sure about that.<\/li>\n<li class=\"mycourse-lessondetail-desc\">That\u2019s one way of looking at it. I prefer to look at it another way\u2014which is that&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Making predictions and giving reasons in a discussion The topic of\u00a0the lesson\u00a0is\u00a0about changes in society. 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