Social Skills - Conversation

How would you start a conversation with someone you do not know very well?

What does it look/sound like when someone interrupts someone else while they are talking?

What could you do instead of interrupting?

(choose all that apply)

• walk away

• say excuse me

• wait until they are done or until there is a lull in conversation

• jump in with your topic

How would you make other people feel if you interrupted them?

Making a comment or asking a question about what someone just shared makes them feel like you were paying attention to them

• True

• False

The idiom "I couldn't get a word in" means

• The other person was using big words

• the other person was talking too much

• He was too shy to speak

How can you tell if someone is disinterested in what you are talking about?

What could you do/say if you can tell that someone is not listening to you?

How could you politely end a conversation?

What is something you feel you need to work on regarding conversation skills?