Interact in classroom activities and discussions through asking and responding to open-ended questions, offering opinions and explaining positions
Elaborations
initiating and extending conversations and discussion, for example, by using connectives such as puis, et après, ensuite and alors que…
inviting people into conversations (for example, et toi, qu’est-ce que tu dis?), and using expressions such as n’est-ce pas? and non-verbal strategies such as wait time or facial expressions to signify interest or attention
using simple and compound sentences to structure arguments and to explain or justify a position, for example, D’abord… et puis… en plus… finalement; ce qui est intéressant c’est que…; ce que je trouve…
