Conversation Starters
Easiest way to start a conversation.
Hi
Something you do with your eyes
Eye contact
A questions that comes after the first question.
A follow-up question.
Something that you do on your desk at school that shows that you are either tired, not interested or bored.
Head Down
What is it called when you feel bad for someone?
Empathy
Something gets dropped on the floor.
Can you grab my pencil or I dropped my pencil.
Part of the body from the arm that is used to make waving gestures
Hand
How to show that you are interested in getting to know the person.
Being genuine
This comes out when you speak and can have a variety of tones.
Voice
This is important when working in a team with others and when you will be partnered with others to receive a common goal.
Cooperation
Something you can say to someone to make them feel better about themself.
Compliment
When someone is not looking up
Looking down
Things that you find to be similar and continue talking about.
Common interest
A form of standing and can comes in forms of slouching, standing straight, etc.
Posture
A type of communication that allows the ability to express yourself with clear language that others can understand out loud.
Verbal communication
When you are new somewhere how you would introduce yourself
Ex: Hi I am ____ I just started here, what is your name?
How far someone is standing away from you
Proximitiy
Can make a conversation livelier and help other people get to know you better.
Tell a story about yourself.
A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning
Gesture
Something you do when you have a conversation with someone else and you use your ears to do so.
Listening
Something you can say to another classmate when you have finished a test.
Involves mimicking the other person’s body language.
Mirroring
Type of question that allows for others to respond in whatever manner they choose.
Open ended questions
An expression where one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face
Facial expression
Opposite of Verbal Communication and it is communicated through body language.
Non-verbal communication