1. CONVERSATION

2. Conversation is any interactive spoken
exchange between two or more people
and can be:
 face – to face exchanges
Non - face - to face exchanges
 broadcast materials

3. Conversation consixt of:
 opening
 Turn-taking
 Holding a turn
 pasiing aturn
 closing
 overlapping
 repair
 adjacency pair
 sequencing
 turn

4. 1. Question-Answer
2. Invitation-Acceptance
3. Request-Grant
4. Apology-Acceptance
5. Complaint/Blame-Denial/Apology
 ADJACENCY PAIR

5. 1. Question-Answer
2. Invitation-Acceptance
3. Request-Grant
4. Apology-Acceptance
5. Complaint/Blame-Denial/Apology
 SPEEC

6. 7. Would you open the window? Open it yourself. Request for favor - Rejecting

7. 8. I am sorry to disturb you. That’s all right what can I do for you? Apology - A cceptance

8. 9. Where the book I bought this morning? On the table. Question - A nswer

9. 10. Y ou left the light on. It was not me. Complaint- A pology

10. 11. D egreeting -> D egreeting See you! Yeah, see you later!

11. 12. It's awfully cold in here Oh, sorry, I'll close the window C omplaint -> E xcuse/ R emedy

12. 13. Would you like to visit the museum with me this evening? I'd love to! O ffer -> A cceptance/
R ejection

13. 14. Hi! Hello! G reeting -> Gr eeting

14. 15. Let’s try to apply the above information on the following conversation

15. 16.
Yoy wanted to see me?
Yes.
Oh my…
Did you finish your errands? Because I need you to head to the diner and take care of the
night shift.
Tonight’s my night off and it’s the Halloween dance at school ,so …
I know, but you need to stop being so self-centered, Sam, and start thinking of others.
Others need you to go to the diner and mop the floors tonight.

16. 17.
But I really need to go to this dance tonight, Fiona. I have to.
Come on, Sam. You need to earn your tuition money for college. You gotta bus a lot of
tables.
Fiona, I’m a straight – A student. I work seven days a week and I’m taking extra AP classes. I
never asked you for anything. Please let me go to this dance.
Sweetheart, now that you’re old enough… there’s something I’ve always wanted to tell you,
and I think you’re ready to hear it. You’re not very pretty, and you’re not very bright. I’m so
glad we had that talk.