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    This document provides phrases for collaboratively speaking in a discussion. It includes phrases for starting a discussion, giving an opinion, rephrasing what you want to say, agreeing and disagreeing, making a conclusion, asking for others' opinions, personalizing comments, adding impressive structures to comments, and asking for repetition. The phrases are organized into categories to help structure contributions and make the discussion more inclusive and productive.

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    This document provides phrases for collaboratively speaking in a discussion. It includes phrases for starting a discussion, giving an opinion, rephrasing what you want to say, agreeing and disagreeing, making a conclusion, asking for others' opinions, personalizing comments, adding impressive structures to comments, and asking for repetition. The phrases are organized into categories to help structure contributions and make the discussion more inclusive and productive.

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    Collaborative Speaking Phrases

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    Collaborative Speaking Phrases

    Starting Opinion
    What shall we do first? As far as I’m concerned,
    Shall I start? As I see it,
    Do you mind if I start? From my point of view,
    We could start by talking about... In my humble opinion,
    Let's talk about .. first. I’d say that…
    Shall we start with this picture
    Giving yourself time Rephrasing
    That's a big question! What I mean is...
    I haven't given it much thought until now. What I'm trying to say is...
    Let me see In other words
    How can I put this? To put it another way
    Well, it's difficult to say really. Basically what you are saying is...
    That's an interesting question.
    Agreeing Disagreeing
    We see eye to eye. We don’t see eye to eye.
    Yeah, I’d go along with that. I take your point but…
    Absolutely! I tend to disagree with you there.
    You took the words right out of my mouth. That’s not always the case
    I couldn’t agree more. I beg to differ
    You have a point there. Isn’t it more a case of…
    I’m with you 100% on this one. True though that may be…
    Starting to make a conclusion Asking for opinion
    Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. What’s your take on….?
    The bottom line is we have to choose one… Where do you stand on….?
    It’s a tough one, I’m torn between … and …. In my opinion…., would you go along with that?
    Shall we go with ….? What are your thoughts on this?
    Personalising Impressive structures
    Speaking from personal experience,… Another point I’d like to add about … is…
    For me personally,.. It’s also worth bearing in mind that…
    This is a topic that is particularly close to my Coming back to what (Javi) was saying about ….
    heart… I’d also like to point out that…
    It’s funny I was just thinking about this the other I think it’s important not to forget that…
    day. The vast majority of people tend to think that…
    My gut/initial reaction is… At the end of the day…
    If I were to choose one of these situations (part 2 When all’s said and done…
    pictures), I’d go with… because…
    Tips Asking for repetition
    Eye-contact I beg your pardon, I didn’t catch that.
    Active listening Sorry would you mind repeating that?
    Open body language Could you repeat the question please?
    Speak up
    Don’t dominate

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