Conversation Skills

Body Language

100

Facing toward someone who is talking to you shows that you are _______________.

Interested

200

Looking around or at the floor shows that you are _____________.

Disinterested

300

Fidgeting with your clothes shows the speaker that you are _____________.

Disinterested

400

Show an example of interested body language.

Good posture Facing Speaker Eye Contact Any reasonable example

500

Showing interested body language is important. 

What is showing an interest and respecting others?

Making others feel good about themselves. 

Conversation Starters

100

What is a conversation starter?

A phrase or question that begins a conversation.

200

What is a follow up question?

A follow up question "follows" the conversation starter in order to keep the conversation going on the same topic.

300

Give an example of a conversation starter.

Any reasonable answer (Typical Conversation starters are unacceptable)

400

Give an example of a conversation starter.

Any reasonable answer (Typical conversation starters are unacceptable.)

500

Conversation starters help us become good communicators and...

Make new friendships or grow/deepens the ones we have.

Conversation Drivers

100

What is the definition of a conversation driver?

Behaviors that keep a conversation going.

200

Give an example of a good conversation driver?

Good body language, eye contact. Staying on topic, sharing in the conversation. 

300

What is an open ended question?

Any reasonable answer.

400

Why are open ended questions important?

Any reasonable answer.

500

Using conversation drivers helps us become...

Better friends, listeners 

Conversation Stoppers

100

What is a conversation stopper?

End conversations. 

200

Give an example of a conversation stopper? 

Showing you are not interested. Not staying on topic, not letting others take a turn, only talking about your own interests. 

300

How do conversation stopper make the other person feel?

Like we are not interested, maybe disappointed or even sad. 

400

What are closed questions

Yes or no, limited details. 

500

Some clues that we are using conversation stoppers are..

One word or short answers, conversation ends