Part 3 – Hedging language in a discussion

1. Materials to read and watch

1. Read the following materials on academic discussions and do exercise 4.

1)     What is an academic discussion? By Texas Education Agency, 2020 retrieved from https://www.odelleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/rg_acrg.pdf on Oct 25, 2021

2)     Effective discussion strategies retrieved from the Writing Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) https://writingcenter.unc.edu/esl/resources/academic-discussion-strategies/on Oct 25, 2021

3)     Effective listening (Top-down and Bottom-up techniques from the Writing Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill retrieved from  https://writingcenter.unc.edu/esl/resources/academic-listening-strategies/ on Oct 25, 2021

2. Watch the following 2 videos and use both the Top-down and Bottom-up techniques:

1)     Agreeing disagreeing hedging video on coursera.org by Richard Moore, Extension Lecturer, International & English Language Programs

https://www.coursera.org/lecture/business-english-meetings/video-3-lecture-on-the-language-of-agreeing-hedging-VvBhx on Oct 25, 2021

 2)     Griffith University video on hedging and boosting techniques

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU-KgiVsAxY on Oct 25, 2021