Professional Documents
Culture Documents
AccountableLanguageStems
Agreement
Iagreewith_____because_____.
Ilikewhat_____saidbecause_____.
Iagreewith_____;butontheotherhand,_____.
Disagreement
Idisagreewith_____because_____.
ImnotsureIagreewithwhat_____saidbecause_____.
Icanseethat_____;however,Idisagreewith(orcantsee)_____.
Clarifications
Couldyoupleaserepeatthatforme?
Paraphrasewhatyouheardandask,Couldyouexplainabitmore,please?
ImnotsureIunderstoodyouwhenyousaid_____.Couldyousaymoreaboutthat?
Whatsyourevidence?
Howdoesthatsupportourwork/missionat_____?
Confirmation
Ithink_____.
Ibelieve_____.
Confusion
Idontunderstand_____.
Iamconfusedabout_____.
Extension
Iwasthinkingaboutwhat_____said,andIwaswonderingwhatif_____.
Thismakesmethink_____.
Iwanttoknowmoreabout_____.
NowIamwondering_____.
Canyoutellmemoreabout_____?
Review
Iwanttogobacktowhat_____said.
AdaptedfromInstituteforLearning,2003
FeaturesofAccountableTalk
AccountabilitytotheLearningCommunity
a. Carefullisteningtoeachother
b. Usingandbuildingoneachothersideas
c. Paraphrasingandseekingclarification
d. Respectfuldisagreement
e. Usingsentencestems
AccountabilitytoAccurateKnowledge
f. Beingasspecificandaccurateaspossible
g. Resistingtheurgetosayjustanythingthatcomestomind.
h. Gettingthefactsstraight
i. Challengingquestionsthatdemandevidenceforclaims
AccountabilitytoRigorousThinking
j. Buildingarguments
k. Linkingclaimsandevidenceinlogicalways
l. Workingtomakestatementsclear
m. Checkingthequalityofclaimsandarguments