Social Talk

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Social Talk
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What is an ice breaker?
When people who dont know each other, and they
want to start a conversation. An ice breaker is a
topic to break the silence.
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Which topic would you use as an ice breaker when
chatting with elderly people?
Which sport are you interested in?
What music do you like listening to?
Whos your favourite movie star?
How about the weather these days?
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Which topic would you use as an ice breaker when
chatting with tourists?
Which sport are you interested in?
What music do you like listening to?
Whos your favourite movie star?
Hows your trip? What have you seen on your
trip? Which places have you seen so far?
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These two people are generations apart, they have
nothing in common but what can they talk about?
Work and jobs
Current events
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Complimenting
Everyone likes to hear a compliment, what can you
compliment a person on?
I love your new hair do, where did you get it
done?
Where did you get those shoes, I want a pair?
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What things can you do to show you are interested
in what the other person is talking about?
Keep eye contact
Look at your watch
Nod your head
Play with your phone
Play with your hair
Face your body towards them
Ask more questions about their topic
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Things to say to show youre interested.
Acknowledging words to say to show you are
listening.
I see
You dont say
Thats interesting
I didnt know that
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Things to say to show youre interested.
The follow up question asking more questions
about their topic.
A which sport are you interested in? B I am
interested in playing football. A which team do
you play for?
This is the follow up question
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Things to say to show youre interested.
A my home town is Melbourne. What follow up
questions would you ask?
What can you do there?
What places do you recommend to visit?
How long have you been living there?
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Things to say to show youre interested.
A my part time job is working at a
restaurant. What follow up questions would you
ask?
Do you like working there?
How long have you been working there?
How long will you work there?
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Things to say to show youre interested.
Echoing by repeating what they have said.
A I like listening to music while I read a
book. B Listening to music while you read?
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Things to say to show youre interested.
Changing the topic if you want to change the
topic because the current topic has lost
interests, or you dont know anything about this
topic. Here are some things to say.
That reminds me of another story
Talking about ..
While on the subject of ..
B To change topics, what do A and C they have in
common? The weekend talking about the weekend
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A I like playing football on the weekend
C I am going to see a movie this weekend
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Youre at a party, no one knows anyone so you
have to mingle.
What is mingling?
Mingling is going around and introducing yourself
at a party, breaking the ice and making new
friends.
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Activity you are going to go around the room and
break the ice with different classmates.
Rule one you must use a different ice breaker
with every student.
Rule two need to use follow up questions.
Rule three you will have a few minutes with each
person, and will need to mingle with almost
everyone.
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Concentric circle B will rotate and change
partners A will stay where they are.
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B