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1 (acknowledgement) I appreciate your analysis of global trends 
in teachers’ professional development. (context) I fully agree 
with you that teachers have to talk less and teach less and give 
their students more opportunities to interact with each other. 
(question) But I wonder how we convert our teachers into 
facilitators instead of taking on this role of always being at the 
front of the classroom. I have some ideas but I’d be interested 
in yours.
2 (acknowledgement) That was a very interesting presentation. 
(context) You were talking earlier about the importance of 
needs analysis. (question) Can you give me an example of the 
online tools that you used to survey the students in your target 
group?
3 (acknowledgement) Your presentation started me thinking. 
(context) You mentioned tonight that only 10% of researchers 
in your country have publications in international scientific 
journals. (question) Do you believe that the top-down methods 
that you try to implement would be the best way to guarantee 
positive changes?
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Acknowledgement
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Thank you for this (very interesting) presentation and sharing 
your experience.
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I appreciate …
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That was a very interesting presentation.
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Your presentation has started me thinking.
Context
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I fully agree with you that …
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You were talking earlier about …
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You mentioned that …
Question
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What evidence is there to support that?
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I wonder (how) …
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Can you give me an example of …?
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Do you believe that …?
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1 What is your attitude to blended learning?
2 I wanted to ask if you get enough funding for this kind of 
research.
3 Which institutions were your partners in this project?
4 How do you see the future of your initiative?
5 I’d like to ask you to explain what you mean by the term 
‘flipped classroom’.