Having a discussion
Having a discussion – easier with commonly used phrases. Here you will find ideas and suggestions for phrases to use in a discussion
Eine Diskussion führen – einfacher mit häufig verwendeten Redewendungen. Hier einige Ideen, Anregungen, Formulierungsbeispiele und Musterformulierungen für Diskussionen.
Having a discussion
Einleitung / Introduction
- I would like to discuss …
- Let’s begin with the fact that …
- We could start with …
- I would like to talk about …
- First of all, I would like to say/state that
- First, …. second, …. third ….
- To begin with, ….
Eigene Meinung / personal opinion
- I (don’t) find …. / think … / feel … / suppose …. / believe …
- Personally, I think …
- In my opinion …
- In my view …
- As far as I know …
- As far as I’m concerned …
- As far as I can see …
- (Well,) If you ask me …
- To be honest, ….
- An additional argument I would like to present is ….
- I would argue, that ….
- The main reason, however, is that ….
- The most convincing argument (to me) is ….
Zustimmung – Agreement
- Yes, but….
- You are right on ….
- That’s quite right …
- I must admit that …
- I completely / totally / fully /quite agree.
- Furthermore, I am of the same opinion as …
- I’m convinced that …
- It seems to me that …
- I would say that …
- That could be right.
- As a matter of fact, …
- That’s right. And …
- I can understand …
- That’s why …
- It is absolutely right to say, that ….
- I do not think anyone would disagree on that.
- Can/May I add something?
- I would like to come back to …
- I agree (with the fact) that …
Widerspruch – Disagreement
- I’m not convinced by … / that ….
- I don’t agree at all.
- I completely disagree on that.
- I doubt that …
- I differ from/with you entirely.
- Sorry to interrupt you, but …
- I can’t understand …
- I’m afraid I can’t accept …
- Never! That’s wrong.
- That can’t be right, because ….
- I see what you mean, but …
- I don’t believe …
- I don’t think so.
- I cannot fully agree with you, because ….
Fragen / Questions
- What do you think / say (about…)?
- What’s your opinion on this?
- What do you mean by that?
- Can you please explain your statement about ….
Zusammenfassung / conclusion
- To come to a conclusion, ….
- So we agree on ….
- So all in all I believe that…
- Weighing the pros and cons, I come to the conclusion that …
- Based on what we have heard, I conclude that …
- I would like to summarise that …
- Taking into account the discussion before, one can say …
Discussion phrases – Formulierungsbeispiele
Topic ideas for discussion
- Climate change – what can be done?
- Mobile phone ban in schools
- Equality between men and women
- Meat eating
Übungen dazu
Diskussionsmaterial
- Black Live Maters – englischsprachig