Conversation Skills

Conversation Skills

I believe that everyone appreciate people who have excellent conversation skills.Here are some conversation skills.

1.Always pass the conversation back,when you finish
Useful phrases:

• What about you?
• How about you?
• And you?
• What do you think?

2.Variety of expression
People always begin with “I like / I think” .It seems a little monotonous.
Useful phrases as a replacement of “I like”:

• I enjoy
• I prefer
• I appreciate
• I’m into
• I’m a fan of
• I love

Useful phrases as a replacement of “I think”:

• I feel
• I believe
• I guess
• I suppose
• From my experience
• In my opinion

3.Time filler language
You know that you need some time to think during the conversation,while you need show your respect.So you should continue the conversation,don’t be quiet when you are thinking.Here are useful skills.

• No silence,um or uh too much
• Repeat the question

Or you can directly say the following phrases or word,so that you have enough time to think and not be rude:

• Let me think
• Let me see
• Give me a moment
• Give me a minute
• Hold up
• Well
• Like
• You know

Using reading to practice speaking

Ｗe should do effective reading,which is an effective way to practice English.Here are some tips:
1.Always stress your conjunctions
Conjunction is a word or phrase that connects two thoughts.Because the sentence after the conjunction is what we want to emphasize.

2.Always read the punctuation
Ｗe express our emotions,such as happy,sad,angry,confused,tired,important,through the change of tone.