"Compelling Conversations by Roth" by Joseph Bruchac is a concise guide for ESL/ESOL students on how to develop, organize, and conduct effective communication while learning the English language. This innovative ESL/ESOL book helps ESL students improve fluency through sharing their experiences, reflecting on their daily lives, and sharing selected quotes with close friends. The book provides an excellent glossary of common terms, a list of frequently used words and phrases, sample conversations, and self-tests to gauge your reading and writing skills. The authors provide an effective technique for developing and maintaining a powerful and compelling oral style. It should be required reading for all ESL teachers.

"Compelling Conversations" by Joseph Bruchac teaches students how to develop a number of important conversations and how to use them as tools for enhancing communication skills. You will learn how to: describe your experience as relevant to your topic, expand on an idea by expanding on the details of that experience, demonstrate some emotion, make use of questions to gather information, and express yourself clearly. You will practice using long and short-hand for maximum impact. In addition, the book provides extensive practice exercises and questions for testing readiness.
The book is very handy for students who need practice speaking in the foreign language, because it contains an excellent worksheet for practice exercises at each step of the conversation. The book has an excellent index for quick reference, as well as several sample conversations from different topics. Students can also download the book to their laptops and use it immediately. Overall, this is an outstanding course that will help all levels of ESL teachers lead productive, entertaining conversations with their students.