Social Skills

What does it mean to "initiate a conversation"?

• conveying information without using words. (such as gestures, facial expressions, body language, eye contact. etc.

• connect your comments to the previous comments of others in a conversation

• keeping a conversation going/continuing a conversation

• In a conversation, one person listens while the other person speaks, and then you switch

• to begin or start a conversation

What does Non-Verbal Communication mean?

• conveying information without using words. (such as gestures, facial expressions, body language, eye contact. etc.

• connect your comments to the previous comments of others in a conversation

• keeping a conversation going/continuing a conversation

• In a conversation, one person listens while the other person speaks, and then you switch

• to begin or start a conversation

What does "turn-taking" mean?

• conveying information without using words. (such as gestures, facial expressions, body language, eye contact. etc.

• connect your comments to the previous comments of others in a conversation

• keeping a conversation going/continuing a conversation

• In a conversation, one person listens while the other person speaks, and then you switch

• to begin or start a conversation

What does "maintaining a conversation" mean?

• conveying information without using words. (such as gestures, facial expressions, body language, eye contact. etc.

• connect your comments to the previous comments of others in a conversation

• keeping a conversation going/continuing a conversation

• In a conversation, one person listens while the other person speaks, and then you switch

• to begin or start a conversation

What does "making connected comments" mean?

• conveying information without using words. (such as gestures, facial expressions, body language, eye contact. etc.

• connect your comments to the previous comments of others in a conversation

• keeping a conversation going/continuing a conversation

• In a conversation, one person listens while the other person speaks, and then you switch

• to begin or start a conversation

Draw an example of turn-taking between two students.

Which IS a connected comment to what Sarah says.

Sara says: "I love sports."

• I like drawing.

• The weather is nice today.

• Cool! What sport do you play?

• I wonder what the school is serving for lunch today.

Which below ARE examples of non-verbal communication? ( pick as many as apply)

• talking

• eye contact

• gestures

• facial expressions

Which of the following are ways to initiate ( start) a conversation?

• Hi! How are you?

• Hi. How's your day going?

• Hey!

• Hi! How was your weekend?

How can Sarah maintain the following conversation?

Jim: How was your weekend?

• Good. How about you?

• Hi. How's your day going?

• Hey!

• Good.