Teaching Conversational Skills: Conversation Openners
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This document provides examples of conversational openers to start a conversation with someone. It lists topics like commenting on something present, the weather, general complaints, and asking questions. Specific examples given include commenting on traffic, a party, meeting someone, the weather, buses, and asking questions about locations or lines. It also gives scenarios where you may meet someone like being stuck in an elevator, waiting for a bus, in traffic in a cab, walking dogs in the neighborhood, waiting in line at the supermarket, or waiting at the library or government office.
Teaching Conversational Skills: Conversation Openners
- 1. Conversational Openners ?Comment on something present ?Social Lines ?Comment on the weather ?General complaints ?Questions
- 2. I just spent two hours in traffic! Great party, isn¡¯t it? What an honour! Chilly this morning, don¡¯t you think? At last some sunshine! The lady with those dogs is in trouble Do you know where X is?
- 3. Sorry to bother you, to the park? Aren¡¯t these buses just horrible? Delighted to meet you! And at last we meet! How was your trip? Is this the line for flight 1043 from Germany?
- 4. ?Meet a person while being stuck with him in an elevator/lift. ?You are queuing for the bus and it¡¯ll be another 20 min. Make friends with the person in front of you. ?You¡¯re stuck in traffic inside a cab. Make conversation with the driver. ?You don¡¯t know your neighbor and you¡¯re both out walking the dog. ?You¡¯re in line waiting to pay for some groceries at the supermarket. ?You are in a library and you¡¯re not sure which book to pick. ?You are at a governmental instance waiting for your turn, it¡¯s been an hour.