EXPRESSIONS FOR MEDIATION

REFERRING TO THE SOURCE TEXT

·    I’ve read/looked at/listened to ……the leaflet/article/ad…… as you asked me to, and ..

CHOOSING AND REPHRASING THE CONTENT RELEVANT TO THE SITUATION/RECEIVER. SHOWING THAT YOU'VE CONSIDERED THE TASK INFORMATION

Since
Seeing as
Given that you ...
As is indicated here...
As far as you're / your situation is concerned, ...

Since /seeing as you have a dog/are a single parent …….. I consider the following options are the ones that best fit your requirements

REPHRASING CONTENT
· That is to say, …..
· In other words,
   What this basically means is .....
   In a nutshell, ....

  

EXPLAINING /COMMENTING

·         That’s why….

·         For this reason….

EXAMPLES

·         For example, …

·         For instance, ….

BRIDGING INTERCULTURAL DIFFERENCES THROUGH COMPARISON

·         X is similar to /very like/not unlike ……

·         X is a kind of ……

      Cocido is a kind of stew

OFFERING AN OPINION

· In my view, …
· From my point of view, …
· In my humble opinion, ….

GIVING ADVICE AND EMPHASIS TO HIGHLIGHT KEY INFORMATION

· If I were you, I’d…
· I suggest you + present simple
· I suggest+ verb-ing
· I recommend+ verb-ING
· I recommend that +subject+verb

  What I think you really need to pay attention to are/is (the dates, the place....)

     

CONCLUSION
I hope this information is helpul/comes in handy
Let me know if I can do anything else
I hope to have been of service

LIST OF CONNECTORS, LINKS, TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND PHRASES

Click here for a very useful list. These words will improve your mediations hugely 

SPECIFIC INFO FOR WRITTEN MEDIATION
- Avoid repetitions
- Try to express the same information in fewer words
- Highlight key information (using emphasis)
- Compare, contrast and draw conclusions . Emphasize the advantages expressed in the article, but should also make reference to the disadvantages and extract a final conclusion
- Adapt the message to the recipient by referring to cultural aspects
- Break down the information. Introduction, pros, cons and conclusion could be a good structure on some occasions
- Synthesize: by providing original ideas and opinions based on your previous knowledge and your interlocutor´s from different sources of information, including the text to mediate

-S   EXAMPLES OF MEDIATION:

  WRITTEN TEXTS
https://salondeidiomas.es/mediacion-linguistica-eoi /
https://englishadvancedc1.blogspot.com/2019/10/empower-p-61-summer-job-oral-mediation.html

SPOKEN TEXTS

MISTAKES TO AVOID