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English Tutor Resources: What Actually Works for Conversation Practice?

“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.” — Philip Wylie (1902–1971), American author

Most tutors working one-on-one with adult ESL, EFL, EAL, and MLL learners face a consistent challenge. Most classroom resources do not translate easily into a tutoring context. Partner activities require a partner. Group discussions require a group. The English tu

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	Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics - An engaging ESL textbook for Advanced ESL students 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compelling Conversations by Eric H. Roth (Goodreads Author), Toni Aberson 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compelling American Conversations by Eric H. Roth (Goodreads Author), Toni Aberson, Hal Bogotch (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compelling Conversations: Questions & Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Compelling Conversations - Japan: Questions and Quotations for High Intermediate Japanese English Language Learners by Eric H. Roth (Goodreads Author), Shiggy Ichinomiya, Brent Warner it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creating Compelling Conversations: Reproducible 'Search and Share' Activities for English Teachers by Eric H. Roth (Goodreads Author), Teresa X Nguyen, Andrea Schmidt (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compelling Conversations: 11 Selected Chapters for The Language Company High School Students by Eric H. Roth (Goodreads Author), Toni Aberson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compelling Conversations: 11 Selected Chapters on Timeless Topics for Level 1 English Language Learners by Eric H. Roth (Goodreads Author), Toni Aberson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying.”
― Studs Terkel

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“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.”
― Ben Hecht

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“I'll tell you a secret. We live in a mad and inspiring world.”
― Ben Hecht

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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