Convey your concise opinion

1.

Lena Epinatyeva

2. Do you know what to say before writing or speaking?

• Saying less you communicate
more
• Being ”concise” may not be
consistent with your native
culture’s communication
values
• Your ability to distil what you
want to say into its essence is
a good skill
Lena Epinatyeva

3. How do you perceive language?

• What do you need for written or spoken communication? Language!
! Thinking, collecting facts, researching – impossible without
language;
! Language is everyone’s primary communication tool;
Mitrofanov Danila

4.

! Become aware of language how words follow each other
how meaning is created;
• Flow of language – the generative capacity of the language to
create what did not exist, to express what we did not know we
knew;
Mitrofanov Danila

5. More detailed instructions for how to implement Step 1 of the CLEAR method

Marina Efremova

6. A. Ask yourself, “What are my opinions on this topic?” Spend 15 to 20 minutes writing down your opinions

Marina Efremova

7. B. When the time is over, reread all of your answers. Cross out any that you are sure you do not want to use.

What is off topic or not an opinion;
An opinion if it is one you often express;
Get rid of all predictable opinions
Marina Efremova

8. С. From what is left choose the top three “best” opinions. Write each one as a sentence in English.

Notice which three
you do have feelings
for and choose those
Filatova A.

9. D. Edit each sentence several times until you are satisfied that it is as concise as it can be.

Be simple and concise
Filatova A.

10. E. Arrange your three sentences in the order of most important to least important.

Do not save the best for last
Voice the
most
important
ideas
Filatova A.