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Dozent: Herr Gerlach
Studiengang: Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen
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Useful Phrases for Discussion Giving your opinion In my opinion ... Well, I think ... As I see it … I firmly/strongly believe … / I definitely think that ... I am very certain … / sure … I am convinced that ... Generally speaking … / In general ... To be frank ... / Frankly speaking ... Personally, I feel … Personally (speaking) ... To my mind ... / To my knowledge ... In my view … / From my point of view … Firstly …, secondly … On the one hand …, on the other hand … Furthermore … / In addition I’d like to say … Ask for an opinion What do you think about this? What is your take on this? How do you feel about that? What is your opinion/view? What would you say about this? I’m right, it was like this … Do you agree?

Expressing agreement I (totally) agree with you. I couldn’t agree more … That’s exactly my opinion. I think you’re right. Absolutely. / De finitely. If I know what you mean. I think so, too.

Agreeing and adding I see your point and I agree with your statement. At the same time … Looking at this from a different perspective you can see that … Another viewpoint is that … That’s an interesting viewpoint. Also, I find, that we have to consider the following facts. Expressing disagreement I feel / I’m afraid I have to disagree. I see things totally differently. I see your point, but I can’t agree with you on that. Another viewpoint is that … You have a point there, but … Maybe it would be better if … I don’t quite see it like that … That’s not quite how I see it … I don’t think so. I doubt very much that this is the case....