Ecpe Speaking Conversation Topics Dialogs - 136449

ECPE SPEAKING
Stage 2
- Facts
√ Points in favor
x Points against
- May I start first?

- Well, Peter, let me present my two candidates for … The first candidate whose details
I have is called …
- … several points in favor.
- On the downside, …
- There is one drawback, though.
- Now, let me turn to the second candidate whose name is …
- To begin with, my informative list is comprising of two options, which are…as well as … .
- Regarding my first choice / option, …
- In comparison to my alternative selection, …
- Well, those are my two options, Peter. Which do you think is better?
- Both candidates have points in favor but on the whole I think … is the best option
because …
- After hearing about both candidates , I think I would choose … because …
- I really feel that … is preferable because …
- Regarding the details that you described, which were very informative, my personal
preference from your list is the … option, due to the fact that it is my opinion that
this choice is not only appropriate but also interesting and inspiring with comparison to
the alternative selection which I believe to be unsuitable and less attractive.
* * *
Stage 3
Questions:
- So, Peter, why do you think your preferred option is the one we should finally
recommend?
- It is significant that we discuss our selective process in order to come to a final
decision. Would you like to commence?
- What do you think?
- Do you think we should … ?
- Why don’t we … ?
- Perhaps, we should think about …
- Let’s … , shall we?
Agreeing / Disagreeing:
- What makes you think that … is a good option?
- You may be right, but let’s not forget that …
- Our problem with that option is …
- I agree that’s the downside, but …
- I agree in part, but …
- That’s true but at the same time I think …
- You’re right. I hadn’t thought about that.
- That’s a good point.
- You’ve got a point there.
- Yes, that’s definitely an advantage.
- I see what you mean, but …
- Another point we should take into consideration is …
- … should be our first / top priority.
- The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
- … is of the utmost importance.
- … is bound to / most likely to be widely accepted.
- I think / reckon that …
- Let’s not overlook the fact that …
- It’s also worth mentioning …
- On top of that … / Not only that, but …
- Yes, but you’ve got to remember that …
- I’m not sure I’ll go along with you on that.
 So, have we decided that … ?

 Considering all the above, it’s clear that … is the best option.
 So, it’s fair to say that we both agree / feel that …
Asking for Opinions
- What do you think about / of … ?
- How do you find / feel about … ?
- What are your views concerning … ?
- What do / would you suggest?
- What / How about
Expressing Opinions
- Personally / Frankly, I think that …
- What I think is that …
- It’s quite clear to me that …
- I feel …
- It’s obvious that …
- As far as I am concerned …
- The way I look at it …
- It seems / appears to me …
- If you ask me …
- As far as I can tell …
- To my mind …
- To the best of my knowledge …
- I’m quite sure that …
- In / From my experience, …
- If it was up to me, I would …
* * *
Stage 4
 Formal and well-organised presentation
 4 strongest reasons
- We are ready now to present our chosen option. Well, we’re convinced that … is the
best option. There are four main reasons why we believe this. The first, although not
the most important is that …
- Having thoroughly discussed all the options, we believe that the best one is … for
several reasons. First of all, … Another deciding factor for us was …
- Then, there is the issue of …
- Another important reason is …
- Being / Having … also makes this a good option.
- In addition to this, there’s also the fact that …
- Another equally important reason …
- Those are two of our justifications and now my partner would like to present more
reasons for our choice.
- Closing: To sum up, / Last but not least, I would like to say that … / For all the reasons
we have given, we believe the proposal for a / the … is by far the best. / Therefore,
we strongly believe …
* * *
Stage 5
- Taking everything into consideration,
- Taking into account that … , he/ she/ it is cleverly the best option.
- So, bearing that in mind, … seems an obvious choice.
- It adds another interesting angle.
- Well, we discussed that point and we think …
- We gave that problem some thought and decided that …
- At first, we were also concerned about that, but it doesn’t really matter since …
- We don’t think that poses a problem.
- We feel this point is something that can be overlooked because …
- It’s not such an issue really.
Buying Time
- Well …
- Actually, … / In fact, … / As a matter of fact, …
- You know / see …
- Let me think / see.
- To be quite honest / frank,
- Let’s put it this way …
- What I’m trying to say is …

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- May I start first?

 So, have we decided that … ?

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