GD Questioning
Technique
The members of the GD contribute
in various ways. Broadly speaking there are three ways to look at an issue.
1) Facts : What, Where, When, Whom, Who
2) Reasons & examples: Why, How, To
what extent, Figures and Indications
3) Solutions, suppositions, Repercussions
& Conclusions: Should’s and
should not’s , If ‘s and If not’s, Views, Effects, Counterviews, Alternatives,
Measures
GD Vocabulary- Speaker
1
Wishing the Group: Good evening Everybody, Good afternoon ladies
and gentlemen, A very warm good morning to all of you.
For the Topic Against the Topic
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Introduce
with an Opinion
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Introduce
with an Opinion
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To begin with.......
Let me Begin........
I would like to say that..........
Let me open the discussion by saying that......
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Let me commence by saying that.......
I wish to strongly assert that..........
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To
Add
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To
Add
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I’d like to add that (Besides, Apart from that)
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Let me also mention that (moreover)....
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Facts
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Facts
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Facts tell us that.....
According to.......
The best part of it is......
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Facts point out that........
To make matters worse.......
To rub salt..........
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Reasons
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Reasons
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Should be.........Because ........
The reason behind....supports it.
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Should not be..... because
The reason behind... opposes.
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Give
Opinion
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Give
Opinion
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If you ask me, I suspect.........
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The way I see it is that (perhaps)
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GD Vocabulary- Speaker 2
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Agree
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Disagree
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I totally agree with what speaker 1 has just
said.
I strongly support the idea that speaker 1 has
proposed
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I’m afraid I don’t quite agree with what is being
said.
I wish to strongly oppose what speaker 1 has said.
I’d like to challenge the idea of what has been
said.
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Introduce with a problem:
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Serious
Problems
Let us look at the core issue
The crux of the matter is
The topic.... is a burning issue
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Serious
action needed
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Blaming/Not
blaming Someone/Something
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Let us not drag our feet
We should not drag the issue
We cannot afford to hesitate
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The govt. has to be blamed
We cannot pass the buck
No point in pointing fingers
Instead of blaming we should
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Fight
Strongly
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Praising
Someone/ Something
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We should stand firm against
We have to stick to our guns
The only way to root out
There is an urgent need to
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One must appreciate
We must be thankful to
We should congratulate our
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Sensitive
Problems
The problem is quite sensitive. In fact
there are many dimensions to it.
The problem needs gentle handling
There are two ways to look at the
problem
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Cautious
Action Needed
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Compromise
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Let us think twice before acting
Let us look at the pros and cons
Perhaps we should discuss
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We need to iron out our problems
We need to bridge differences
We should hammer out the differences
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Can’t
be weak
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Plain words won’t help
We need action
Let us act rather than talk
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Communicating with your
peers in GD.
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Interrupt
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Don’t
interrupt
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Excuse me if you allow me to interrupt
Please let me interrupt
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Please allow me to finish. Im not over
yet
If you may permit me to finish
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Some
people are not speaking
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Speak
up please
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Lets allow others to contribute too
May be the others should speak too
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We haven’t heard from some of the
members yet.
Has anyone else got anything to
contribute?
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Distractions
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Getting
stuck up
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We are deviating from the main Issue
We’re losing sight of the main point
Let us not side track (stray from) the
main issue.
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Im afraid we are not moving on.
I suppose we have been talking only
about.... why don’t we
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Conclude
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At
the end of the day (when all’s said and done)
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Im afraid we’ve run out of time.
I suppose one of us should summarise
I think we need to sum up.
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Since people derive pleasure from...
Smoking it’s not fair... to ban
A ban would certainly stop people from
getting addicted.
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