the art of conversation

•You Must Participate

•You Must Respect Others

•You Must Give Your Best Effort

•You Must Try to Have Fun

Ground Rules:!

You are all young adults and I will treat you as young adults

until you act in a way that is not appropriate for that

treatment.

My Policy:

Goals:

•To Increase your Fluency and Comfort in

English

•To Prepare you for Speaking Exams

•To Increase Confidence in Speaking English

•Week 1: Introductions

•Week 2: Maintaining Conversation

•Week 3: Guiding Conversation

•Week 4: Initiating Conversation

•Week 5: Practice/Closing Ceremony

Course Agenda:

Find Someone Who:

Introductions:

• You never get a second chance to make a first impression

• Your introduction can change the way someone sees you forever

• This is your chance to present yourself the way you want to be recognized

• Be Polite

• Listen to what others say

• Remember peoples names

• Try to use their name at least three times before your conversation is over.

Introductions: Yourself...

• When you introduce someone else it is your duty to make it easy for

them to interact with the group.

• You should:

• Think why the people in the group would want to talk to them...

• Think what makes that person interesting...

• Make that individual feel special through your introduction

• This makes you and him/her look good

Introductions: Others...

• When Should you introduce someone?

• Whenever you know someone that someone else does not.

• If you think they might now each other you can say:

• I am not sure if you have met, but this ______ I would like you to meet...

• Make sure you always introduce your girlfriend even if she has met

someone before...

Introductions: When?

• Make eye contact when introducing yourself and listening to others!

• Ask questions that you genuinely want to know about.

• Nothing sounds sweeter to someone than their name

• Connecting people that should be connected will get you very far in life.

• BE CONFIDENT!

Introductions: Remember...

• Who is your favorite person in your family and why?

• When did you get in really big trouble and what did you do?

• What is the worst pain you have ever felt and how did it happen?

• What is your most embarrassing moment? (If you cant think of one tell one of

your friends as if it was you!)

• What is the scariest moment you can remember?

5 Questions: