Ways of participating in discussions and meetings Cách tham gia các cuộc thảo luận và các cuộc họp Vocabulary agenda chương trình nghị sự bring up nêu ra, đưa ra encourage khuyến
Trang 1Ways of participating in discussions and
meetings
Cách tham gia các cuộc thảo luận và các
cuộc họp
Vocabulary
agenda chương trình nghị sự
bring up nêu ra, đưa ra
encourage khuyến khích
figure out đưa ra, nghĩ ra
Trang 2go ahead tiến hành
initiate khởi xướng
participate in tham gia vào
point of view quan điểm
solution giải pháp
solve giải quyết
tape record ghi âm
It is not always possible to follow the conversation in a group
discussion or meeting You can be more prepared if you know
certain phrases to get into a conversation and if you try to use
them You can also remind people, both directly and indirectly,
Trang 3that you are a non-native speaker of English and that group
discussions or meetings are sometimes difficult to follow The
following list includes ways to help you participate in and
understand meetings and group discussions:
q Find a person who can help you understand a meeting or group
discussion while it is going on and after it has ended
q Tape record meetings and discussions whenever possible
q If it is a meeting at work, for example, have your supervisor
show you the agenda before the meeting starts
q Know and use phrases for getting into conversations
Trang 4q Be willing to participate even if you are not used to speaking up
in a group
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
¬ Initiate: Begin discussion, bring up new ideas and topics,
and make suggestions
ë I have an idea about how we could solve the problem
ë May I make a suggestion?
ë One solution to the problem might be to talk to Mr
Waxman about it
ë Perhaps we could begin by discussing our problem
ë Could I suggest that we get everyone’s opinion on that?
Trang 5Ask: Ask people for opinions, information, and explanations
ë Ms Wright, could you tell us what you think?
ë I’m not clear about this Could someone explain it to
me?
ë I missed the explanation Would you mind repeating it?
ë Mr Thomas, would you mind telling us a little bit more
about your experiences with this type of problem?
ë Does anyone know some more about this?
® Offer: Offer opinions and give information when needed
ë I believe that there isn’t much more we can do
ë In my opinion there are only two choices
Trang 6ë It seems to me that the only solution is to lower the
prices
ë My feeling is that we should go ahead and buy the
product
ë I can show you the numbers, if that will help
¯ Repeat: Repeat ideas, information, and explanations for
the rest of the group when something has not been understood
ë Can I repeat that for anyone?
ë I’m not sure if everyone heard Let me repeat that
° Summarise: Summarise information to make sure that
something has been understood
Trang 7ë So you’d like us to discuss this at the next meeting?
ë You mean we all need to meet one more time before we
can decide?
ë If I can summarise what we’ve been talking about …
ë Let me see if I understand …
ë To summarise, we all agree that it is best to wait until
we have more information
± Encourage: Encourage people to speak by being
cooperative and by accepting different points of view
ë Do you have the same opinion, Henry?
ë I think some people here probably disagree with this I’d
like to hear what they have to say
Trang 8ë I know Fred has a different point of view I’d be
interested in hearing it
ë I hope we can all talk about this, even though some of
us may disagree
ë Maybe we can figure out a way to make everyone
happy, even though we disagree on the subject
John, you haven’t had a chance to give your thoughts on this
What do you think?