1. ECCE S PEAKING Useful language & expressions

2. G IVING YOUR OPINION If you ask me… Well, I feel that …. I’m sure / not sure that…. As for me…. Personally, I think….

3. A DVISING if I were you, I’d …. You could always… Why don’t you… It would be a good idea to…

4. SUGGESTING How / What about….ing? I suggest that we…. I think we should…. It would be a good idea to… It would be better if we…. Perhaps we could…

5. G IVING EXAMPLES For example, for instance… And another thing… Besides… There’s also the fact that… Such as/ like …

6. G IVING REASONS I think that’s right because… That’s the reason why … For one thing… For another…. On the one hand… but on the other hand… I think it’s because…

7. S OLVING A PROBLEM One of the main problems / issues is… The main cause is… One solutions is… Another solution is… It’s hard to know what to do, but first of all I believe you should…

8. CLARIFYING What I’m trying to say is… What I mean is… That is to say… In other words…