Sample Chapters from Compelling Conversations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners

Here is a selection of sample chapters that you are welcome to review and try.

Compelling Conversations for Vietnamese ELL

This Month's Featured Lessons

Chapter 3: Being Home

Everybody lives somewhere. Share the story of your home with a conversation partner by responding to these questions.

Chapter 7: Being Yourself

From consulting charts and reading palms to taking personality tests and reading self-help books, people love to describe themselves.

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Chapter 15: What Do You Think?

This chapter asks us to discuss proverbs, express our opinions, and give reasons so our conversation partners and classmates can understand us better. We also review useful English phrases to seek clarification, express opinions, and find solutions to solve problems.

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"The era of photocopied vocabulary lists read by rote is thankfully over, thanks to textbooks like Compelling Conversations. With delightful international proverbs and real-world questions about their own experiences, students practice in class and gain the confidence required to enter the nuanced, fun and engaging depths of the English language."
Denise Morrissey
Los Angeles, CA

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