How To Master English Conversation

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Speak English With Tiffani


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Why is English conversation so hard?
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The conversation starts, but sometimes it ends very awkwardly because you don’t know
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what to say.
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Actually, English conversation is kind of like tennis.
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In tennis the players hit the ball back and forth, back and forth.
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Sending and receiving.
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Sending and receiving.
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It’s the same with English conversation.
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Welcome to Speak English with Tiffani.
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I am Teacher Tiffani and today I am going to teach you How to MASTER English Conversatio
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Are you ready?
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Well then, let’s jump right in.
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English conversation is something that every English learner desires to be good at.
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But in order to master it, you must first understand it.
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There are three types of English conversations.
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Once you understand them, you will become a master of English conversation.
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The first type of English conversation is “Experience”.
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This type of conversation is focused on you discussing something that has happened to
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you or something that you did.
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There are three steps to follow in order to master this type of English conversation.
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The three steps are, How to Answer, Follow up questions, and What to listen for.
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First let’s look at how to answer.
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For this type of conversation, the most important thing to do is to give detailed information
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about your own personal story or situation.
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You can do this by including the following information.
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Who, what, when, and where.
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Next let’s look at follow up questions.
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The next thing you need to do is to ask a question.
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This question gives the person you are talking to an opportunity to also tell their own experience.
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For example, What about you?
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What was your experience?
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And Have you ever experienced that?
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Finally, let’s look at what to listen for.
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In this part you need to pay attention to what they say.
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Listen for something interesting about their experience.
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So, you can listen for one key point and then ask them about it.
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So, if we look at an example Experience Conversation, it would go like this.
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Have you been to America?
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Yes, I went with my family on a family vacation last year.
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We went to Dallas, Texas.
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What about you?
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Yeah, I went to Paris 5 years ago with my sister.
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Wow.
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How was Paris?
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The second type of English conversation is “Feelings”.
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This type of conversation is focused on you discussing your personal feelings.
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This type also has the same three steps.
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First let’s look at how to answer.
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For this type of conversation, you must answer using three steps.
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The first step is to State the emotion.
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The next step is to Give 3 reasons why.
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And the third step is to Give 1 example experience.
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Next let’s look at follow up questions.
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The next thing you need to do is to ask a question.
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This question gives the person you are talking to an opportunity to also talk about their
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feelings.
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How about you?
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Have you ever felt like that?
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Finally, let’s look at what to listen for.
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Finally, you need to pay attention to what they say.
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Listen for something specific about their feelings.
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So you can listen for one key point and then ask them about it.
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So, if we look at an example Feelings Conversation, it would go like this.
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When do you feel happy?
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I feel happy when I sing.
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This is because music is fun, I sing well, and my friends sing with me too.
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Last week my best friend and I sang songs together.
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How about you?
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That’s nice.
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I feel happy when I travel.
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Oh, cool.
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What about traveling makes you feel happy?
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The third type of English conversation is “Opinion”.
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This type of conversation is focused on you discussing your personal opinion on a certain
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topic or issue.
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This type also has the same three steps.
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First let’s look at how to answer.
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For this type of conversation, you must follow three specific steps to answer properly.
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First, State your opinion clearly.
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Second, Give 3 reasons why.
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And third, Restate your opinion.
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Next let’s look at follow up questions.
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The next thing you need to do is to ask a question.
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This question gives the person you are talking to an opportunity to express their own opinion.
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How about you?
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What do you think?
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What is your opinion about ______?
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Finally, let’s look at what to listen for.
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Finally, you need to pay attention to what they say.
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Listen for something specific about their opinion.
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So you can listen for one key point and then ask them about it.
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So, if we look at an example Opinion Conversation, it would go like this.
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What do you think about living abroad?
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In my opinion, living abroad is a great idea.
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It helps you learn about other people, food, and lifestyles.
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Basically, you learn about culture.
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So I think it is good.
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What do you think?
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I agree.
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I think it helps us to understand people too.
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True.
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Why is it so good to understand people?
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Back and forth.
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Sending and receiving.
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Now you can master English conversation.
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