Conversation Skills

Which of the following are structures of conversation?

• Turn-ending, Closing

• Opening, Turn-taking, Closing

• Opening, Small-talk, Turn-taking, Closing

• Opening, Small-talk, Turn-taking, Turn-Ending, Closing

There are 7 turn-taking strategies in the conversation process.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Fillers, repetitions and discourse markers are examples of...

• Opening

• Turn-taking

• Turn-ending

• Closing

Which of the statements are FALSE?

• Using falling tone indicates turn-ending

• Asking a question may indicate turn-ending

• Saying "so" indicates turn-ending

• Saying "Goodbye" indicates turn-ending

Adjacency pair refers to..

• pairs of utterances that normally occur together to help structure a conversation

• question-question pair

• utterances in a conversation

The following are elements of politeness principle, EXCEPT...

• Don't impose

• Give options

• Use direct speech acts

• Make your receiver feel good

Which is TRUE about the Face?

• One's public image

• Physical aspect of a person

• Using direct speech means saving one's face

"I'm sorry to bother you " is an example of..

• face threatening act

• face saving act

• opening a conversation

• closing a conversation

The following are examples of face threatening acts, EXCEPT

• Shut up

• Pass me the salt

• Pardon me

• Move out of the way

Which of the statements are TRUE

• There are 4 structures in conversation

• Interruption is one of the turn-taking strategies

• The concept of face is related to the Politeness Principle

• Adjacency pairs include tag questions