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  1. Oh, and yes, this is important: I am in social sciences. They are up to "debating"
  2. TakeruK, Thank you. You have given good overview of conference "conventions". I am not sure I know the bad meaning of "debate" -- the one I know is quite positive, that is "discussion" or "exchange of opinions". Yet it includes possibility of getting question one does not have direct answer to (or there is no direct answer at all), and because of this I am very much interested in relevant situational responses and "stock phrases". This is the reason I have mentioned that I am a foreigner in first place. Native speakers might not have this problem, but non-native speakers are really bad in quibbling. Andrew
  3. Hello. I am foreigner and have quite decent English (written, at least), however, I am slow thinker and bad ad lib speaker. I am going to take part on several conferences in the US soon -- a new experience for me. I am looking for a practical guidance: not for a textbook, but rather for a practical book on conference-style debates. Something very useful for a novice and a foreigner, a collection of unwritten American-style conference conventions and proper typical situational responses. Very condensed and language-oriented. Sometimes one needs to answer question when there is no direct answer and do it nicely, without spending much time on "inventing" the stock-phrases, but rather thinking on substance of the answer. I am not interested in a theoretical book on rhetoric or methodology of conflict resolution (of which there is no shortage). I need a book just to learn best "stock-phrases" for "hard-case" debate scenarios, could not find anything suitable so far. Thank you for any suggestions! A
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