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Asking Questions
Conversation Stoplight
Conversation Drivers
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Starting/Ending a Conversation
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How should you gain someone's attention when you want to ask them a question?

Say their name, say excuse me, tap them on the shoulder

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What are the three colors in conversation stoplight?

Green, Yellow, and Red

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What is a conversation driver?

What keeps the conversation going



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What is a conversation stopper?

A behavior that ends a conversation unnaturally

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True or False: Walking away mid sentence is an appropriate way to end a conversation.

False! You should wait until there is a pause in the conversation and say something like "It was great talking with you, but I have to go. See you later!"

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What is appropriate body language when asking a question?

Eye contact, facing the person

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If someone else is talking you have the ___ light.

Red

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What is an example of body language that drives a conversation?

Eye contact, facing the person

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George and Matilda were talking about their weekends. Heather walks up to them and asks if they have any candy to eat. Did Heather drive or stop the conversation? Why?

Stop because she interrupted the conversation and made an off topic comment/question.

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To start a conversation you should...

Gain the person's attention and say hi

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What is inappropriate body language?

No eye contact, facing away from the person, slouching down, laying down, walking away
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What is yellow light?

There is a pause in the conversation and you are unsure if someone else is going to speak so you wait and observe.

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Susie is telling Jeff about her dog. Jeff asks what her dogs name is. Did Jeff ask an off topic or on topic question?

On topic! He asked what her dogs name was after she started talking about her dog

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What is an example of inappropriate body language?

Facing away from the person, laying down, no eye contact

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To end a conversation you should...

Say bye and say you'll talk to them later

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True or False: If someone is across the room and you want to ask them a question, you should yell the question from where you are standing.

False, you should walk over to them and gain their attention.

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What is red light?

Someone else is talking so you wait, you asked someone a question and they are about to respond

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True or False: To drive a conversation you should interrupt the person talking

False! Wait for them to stop talking then make a connected comment/question

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True or False: If Kevin and Steve are talking about sports, Kevin should ask about popcorn to keep the conversation going.

False, asking about popcorn is off topic and stops the conversation

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True or False: If you want to talk to someone and just stare at them without saying anything, then you started a conversation with them.

False! They don't know you want to talk to them, so you have to gain their attention, say hi, then start talking to them

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True or False: If you want to ask someone a question and they are in the middle of a conversation, you should interrupt and ask your question because it's more important.

False, you should wait until their conversation is over.

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What is green light?

The other person is finished talking and asked you a question, everyone is looking at you waiting for you to respond

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True or False: When you keep a conversation going, it makes the other person feel comfortable and happy.

True!

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True or False: Stephanie looked away while Rebecca was talking and made Rebecca not want to talk anymore. Stephanie stopped the conversation because she did not show she was interested in talking.

True!

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True or False: You should always maintain eye contact when starting or ending a conversation

True