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Oral interaction

🔗 Linking Ideas

💡 Expressing Opinions

🤝 Agreeing / Disagreeing Politely

Agreeing

  • Absolutely, I couldn’t agree more.
  • That’s a valid point.
  • You’re spot on there.

Disagreeing

  • I see what you mean, but I think…
  • I’m not entirely sure about that.
  • That’s one way to look at it, however…

🔄 Paraphrasing and Rephrasing

Helps buy time and show flexibility in vocabulary:

  • So what you’re saying is…
  • If I understand you correctly, you’re suggesting that…
  • Let me rephrase that…

🧠 Speculating / Hypothesizing

  • It could be that…
  • There’s a chance that…
  • Supposing that…
  • If I were in that situation, I would…

🎯 Making Your Speech Clear & Structured

Introductions

  • Today, I’d like to talk about…
  • Let me begin by saying…

Transitions

  • Moving on to the next point…
  • Let’s now turn to…

Emphasis

  • What’s really important here is…
  • I’d like to highlight…

📊 Describing Graphs / Data (if relevant)

  • The data shows a significant increase in…
  • There was a steady decline in…
  • Interestingly, the figures reveal that…

🧘‍♀️ Fluency Fillers (natural but not overused)

Use sparingly to sound natural:

  • Well, you know…
  • Let me think for a second…
  • That’s a tough question…