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!
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