Discussion Language - GE 9 - 11

GE – 9 - 11

Discussion language

Putting forward new ideas	Summarising and recapping
One thing we could do is (use …) I wonder if it would be a good idea (to have …) I know!  Why don’t we (give …) ?	So what you are saying is that … Am I right in thinking that …? Are you saying that …? Can we just go over this again?

Reacting positively to ideas	Reacting negatively to ideas
That sound like a good idea. Well, it is worth a try. Yes, that makes sense. Yes, that could work.	Personally, I would rather we didn’t (use a celebrity). OK, maybe we should avoid (using celebrities). The main problem with (TV ads) is that … I am not sure that is such a good idea.