Small talk refers to light, casual conversation about non-controversial topics like the weather, sports, movies, or other popular interests. Effective small talk requires researching common interests, avoiding sensitive topics like religion, politics, money or personal health, and actively listening to others. Good small talk topics include hobbies, travel locations, jobs or careers, media like books and films, fashion, celebrities, and hometowns. Small talk is an important social skill for networking, getting to know others, and feeling more comfortable in social situations.
Holding a conversation is quite a useful skill that some people do naturally but the rest of us need to work at. Here are some methods and ideas you can use to initiate and sustain a sparkling conversation! Hope this one helps!
Selecting a speech topic can seem overwhelming. This presentation is designed to help you find and refine a topic that you and your audience will love.
The slideshow contains tips and techniques on how to develop great ideas, how to choose topic, how to maintain good posture and avoid bad ones. It also consists of several activities like Tree Map for speech, cards for creative elevator pitch and some suggestions on how to improve your speech. This slideshow is compiled and created by Sirhajwan Idek.
Do not let the brain wallow into its comfort zone
Do not let the brain lull into complacency
Do not let your graduation be the end of learning
Do not let old age be the death age of intelligence
Rage and rage against self-induced senility
Harass your brain and keep it sharp
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Unit II Scholarly Activity
Cultural Interview
Pick a person to interview who has had a different cultural experience than you. Maybe the person or person’s family is from a different region or country. Other forms of diversity or difference are acceptable too. You may interview someone of any age, and it is OK if he or she is a co-worker, neighbor, friend, relative, spouse, or someone else you know. However, please keep in mind the spirit of the assignment. If you are interviewing someone you know well, please work hard in the interview to gain a deeper insight and appreciation for their experience.
Please conduct the interview face-to-face, through Skype/Face Time, or over the phone. The interview should be a minimum of 20 minutes long. Please take notes during the interview. If the interviewee gives you permission, you can record the interview to help you later when writing your assignment. It is not required to record or video tape the interview. You will not be turning in any recordings. You will be turning in a written assignment based on your interview.
Written Assignment Overview: Write a two-page essay about your interview experience. Your essay should include an introduction of your interviewee, summary of the interview answers in essay format, discussion of how the interview content relates to course concepts, and a final section with some concluding thoughts about the interview experience. You will be required to use the following headings: Introduction, Summary of Interview, Culture & Geography, and Conclusion.
Interview Questions and Guidance
Unit 2: Cultural Interview Assignment
This document includes:
Assignment Objective
Assignment Specifics
Tips on Conducting an Interview
Possible Interview Questions
Assignment Objective: To learn more about and gain a deeper appreciation for cultural difference. To investigate the relationship between culture and place. Sharing and learning more about another’s cultural story and differences will give you greater cultural competence!
Written Assignment Specifics
Introduction: In the first paragraph of your essay, please introduce your interviewee. Who is she/he? How old is he/she? How do you know the person? Why did you decide to interview the person? Here is where you provide a little background or biographical information. Please also indicate how you conducted the interview (phone, in-person, Skype, etc.) in the introduction.
Interview Summary: Summarize what you learned about the person’s culture and life from the questions you asked. You do not have to write about every single thing you talked about. You can provide the highlights. *Below is a list of possible questions and tips on conducting the interview.
Culture & Geography: Discuss at least one relationship you saw in the interviewee’s story between place and culture. You can also discuss course topics of population, immigration, migration, or globalization in terms of this connection.
Conclusion: For this final ...
Holding a conversation is quite a useful skill that some people do naturally but the rest of us need to work at. Here are some methods and ideas you can use to initiate and sustain a sparkling conversation! Hope this one helps!
Selecting a speech topic can seem overwhelming. This presentation is designed to help you find and refine a topic that you and your audience will love.
The slideshow contains tips and techniques on how to develop great ideas, how to choose topic, how to maintain good posture and avoid bad ones. It also consists of several activities like Tree Map for speech, cards for creative elevator pitch and some suggestions on how to improve your speech. This slideshow is compiled and created by Sirhajwan Idek.
Do not let the brain wallow into its comfort zone
Do not let the brain lull into complacency
Do not let your graduation be the end of learning
Do not let old age be the death age of intelligence
Rage and rage against self-induced senility
Harass your brain and keep it sharp
Unit II Scholarly ActivityCultural InterviewPick a person to i.docxmarilucorr
Unit II Scholarly Activity
Cultural Interview
Pick a person to interview who has had a different cultural experience than you. Maybe the person or person’s family is from a different region or country. Other forms of diversity or difference are acceptable too. You may interview someone of any age, and it is OK if he or she is a co-worker, neighbor, friend, relative, spouse, or someone else you know. However, please keep in mind the spirit of the assignment. If you are interviewing someone you know well, please work hard in the interview to gain a deeper insight and appreciation for their experience.
Please conduct the interview face-to-face, through Skype/Face Time, or over the phone. The interview should be a minimum of 20 minutes long. Please take notes during the interview. If the interviewee gives you permission, you can record the interview to help you later when writing your assignment. It is not required to record or video tape the interview. You will not be turning in any recordings. You will be turning in a written assignment based on your interview.
Written Assignment Overview: Write a two-page essay about your interview experience. Your essay should include an introduction of your interviewee, summary of the interview answers in essay format, discussion of how the interview content relates to course concepts, and a final section with some concluding thoughts about the interview experience. You will be required to use the following headings: Introduction, Summary of Interview, Culture & Geography, and Conclusion.
Interview Questions and Guidance
Unit 2: Cultural Interview Assignment
This document includes:
Assignment Objective
Assignment Specifics
Tips on Conducting an Interview
Possible Interview Questions
Assignment Objective: To learn more about and gain a deeper appreciation for cultural difference. To investigate the relationship between culture and place. Sharing and learning more about another’s cultural story and differences will give you greater cultural competence!
Written Assignment Specifics
Introduction: In the first paragraph of your essay, please introduce your interviewee. Who is she/he? How old is he/she? How do you know the person? Why did you decide to interview the person? Here is where you provide a little background or biographical information. Please also indicate how you conducted the interview (phone, in-person, Skype, etc.) in the introduction.
Interview Summary: Summarize what you learned about the person’s culture and life from the questions you asked. You do not have to write about every single thing you talked about. You can provide the highlights. *Below is a list of possible questions and tips on conducting the interview.
Culture & Geography: Discuss at least one relationship you saw in the interviewee’s story between place and culture. You can also discuss course topics of population, immigration, migration, or globalization in terms of this connection.
Conclusion: For this final ...
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Unit 2: Cultural Interview Assignment
This document includes:
Assignment Objective
Assignment Specifics
Tips on Conducting an Interview
Possible Interview Questions
Assignment Objective: To learn more about and gain a deeper appreciation for cultural difference. To investigate the relationship between culture and place. Sharing and learning more about another’s cultural story and differenceswill give you greater cultural competence!
Written Assignment Specifics
Introduction: In the first paragraph of your essay, please introduce your interviewee. Who is she/he? How old is he/she? How do you know the person? Why did you decide to interview the person?Here is where you provide a little background or biographical information. Please also indicate how you conducted the interview (phone, in-person, Skype, etc.) in the introduction.
Interview Summary: Summarize what you learned about the person’s culture and life from the questions you asked. You do not have to write about every single thing you talked about. You can provide the highlights. *Below isa list of possible questions and tips on conducting the interview.
Culture & Geography: Discuss at leastone relationship you saw in the interviewee’s story between place and culture. You can also discuss course topics of population, immigration, migration, or globalization in terms of this connection.
Conclusion: For this final section of your essay, talk about how the interview experience went for you and your interviewee. How did it go?Reflect on what you learned from the interview experience. Did it deepen your cultural awareness or appreciation? How?
Cultural Interview Written Assignment Requirements Checklist
Essay contains the following headings:
Introduction, Summary of Interview, Culture & Geography, and Conclusion.
Essay includes the following:
Introduction: Please introduce your interviewee to the reader. Describe how you conducted the interview.
Interview Summary: Summarize what you learned about the person’s culture and life from the questions you asked.
Culture & Geography: Discuss at least one relationship you saw in the interviewee’s story between place and culture. You can also discuss course topics of population, immigration, migration, or globalization in terms of this connection.
Conclusion: For this final section of your essay, talk about how the interview experience went for you and your interviewee. Reflect on what you learned from the interview experience. Did it deepen your cultural awareness or appreciation? How?
2 pages (12 point font – double spaced) or 500 word minimum for the assignment.
No Sources are required for the interviewbut if you cite the text book oranother source you will need to use APA in-text citations and add a reference list. If you directly quote the person you interviewed in your essay please just indicate that by using quotes.
Tipson Conducting an Interview
1. Explain to the person you are interviewing a l ...
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In most English-speaking countries, it is normal and necessary to make “small talk” in certain situations. Small talk is a casual form of conversation that “breaks the ice” or fills an awkward silence between people. The ability to make ‘small talk’ is highly valued. In fact, many English students agree that making effective small talk is much more important than knowing correct grammar structures – and rightly so! Small talk gets friendship started and ‘breaks the ice’ before important business meetings and other events.
1Unit 2 Cultural Interview AssignmentThis document includes.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
1
Unit 2: Cultural Interview Assignment
This document includes:
Assignment Objective
Assignment Specifics
Tips on Conducting an Interview
Possible Interview Questions
Assignment Objective: To learn more about and gain a deeper appreciation for cultural difference. To investigate the relationship between culture and place. Sharing and learning more about another’s cultural story and differenceswill give you greater cultural competence!
Written Assignment Specifics
Introduction: In the first paragraph of your essay, please introduce your interviewee. Who is she/he? How old is he/she? How do you know the person? Why did you decide to interview the person?Here is where you provide a little background or biographical information. Please also indicate how you conducted the interview (phone, in-person, Skype, etc.) in the introduction.
Interview Summary: Summarize what you learned about the person’s culture and life from the questions you asked. You do not have to write about every single thing you talked about. You can provide the highlights. *Below isa list of possible questions and tips on conducting the interview.
Culture & Geography: Discuss at leastone relationship you saw in the interviewee’s story between place and culture. You can also discuss course topics of population, immigration, migration, or globalization in terms of this connection.
Conclusion: For this final section of your essay, talk about how the interview experience went for you and your interviewee. How did it go?Reflect on what you learned from the interview experience. Did it deepen your cultural awareness or appreciation? How?
Cultural Interview Written Assignment Requirements Checklist
Essay contains the following headings:
Introduction, Summary of Interview, Culture & Geography, and Conclusion.
Essay includes the following:
Introduction: Please introduce your interviewee to the reader. Describe how you conducted the interview.
Interview Summary: Summarize what you learned about the person’s culture and life from the questions you asked.
Culture & Geography: Discuss at least one relationship you saw in the interviewee’s story between place and culture. You can also discuss course topics of population, immigration, migration, or globalization in terms of this connection.
Conclusion: For this final section of your essay, talk about how the interview experience went for you and your interviewee. Reflect on what you learned from the interview experience. Did it deepen your cultural awareness or appreciation? How?
2 pages (12 point font – double spaced) or 500 word minimum for the assignment.
No Sources are required for the interviewbut if you cite the text book oranother source you will need to use APA in-text citations and add a reference list. If you directly quote the person you interviewed in your essay please just indicate that by using quotes.
Tipson Conducting an Interview
1. Explain to the person you are interviewing a l ...
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3. Persiflage
Definition
Persiflage is a light, flippant, and/or mocking manner
of speech or writing. Also called banter, idle chatter, or small
talk.
5. Are all topics
acceptable?
If not, give some examples of topics that are not
acceptable and your opinion of why they are not
accepted
What about these?
1. The latest films
2. The One True Path to Eternal Life
3. The local basketball team
4. Cars
5. A product you would like to sell to
everyone
6. The Death Penalty
7. Your hometown
8. How much you make
9. Your last holiday
10. Your favorite movie-star
11. The correct political party
12. The weather
13. Gardening
14. Your health problems
15. Your family
7. Matching
exercise
Purpose Expression Structure
Ask about experience
Give advice
Make a suggestion
Express an opinion
Imagine a situation
Provide instructions
Offer something
Confirm information
Ask for more details
Agree or disagree
Open the package. Fill out
the Forms.
Where can I find out more?
I'm afraid I don't see it that
way.
Have you ever visited
Rome?
Let's go for a walk.
To me, that seems like a
waste of time.
You live in San Francisco,
don't you?
Would you like something
to drink?
If you were the boss, what
would you do?
You should visit Mt. Hood.
Conditional form
Question tag
Use of "some" in questions
rather than "any"
To me, In my opinion, I
think
Information question
Modal verbs such as
"should", "ought to", and
"had better"
Imperative form
Let's, Why don't you, How
about
Present perfect for
experience
I'm afraid I don't see / think
/ feel that way.
Try and make some sentences of your
own – your teacher will state the
purpose, you give the expression.
8. Small TalkExercise
You will be shown words/phrases, and you will have 30
seconds to say as much as possible about each topic
Let’s try it
You have 30 seconds to speak about each topic
30. Do some research
Spend time on the internet, reading magazines, or watching TV specials
about the type of people you are going to meet. For example, if you are
taking a class with students from other countries, take time after the first
few days of class to do some research. They will appreciate your effort and
your conversations will be much more interesting.
31. Stay away from religion
or strong political beliefs
While you may believe in something very strongly, beginning
conversations and making small talk about your own personal
convictions may abruptly end the conversation. Keep it light, don't try
to convince the other person that you have the "correct" information
about a higher being, political system, or other belief system.
32. The internet is your
friend
This is related to doing research about other people. If you have a business
gathering or are meeting people who share a common interest (a
basketball team, a tour group interested in art, etc.), take advantage of the
internet to learn specific vocabulary. Almost all businesses and interest
groups have glossaries on the internet explaining the most important
jargon related to their business or activity.
33. Ask yourself about your
own culture
What are some things that people may want to know about your culture,
country, or even the people who live there? Or are there things in your
culture that is drastically different from most other cultures? Make a list
and then practice speaking about these things so you’re ready when
someone from another country asks you about your home town/country,
or to make small talk about these topics.
34. Find common interests
If you find something you are both interested in, stick to that topic. For
example, if you’re both interested in travel, talk about the places you have
visited and the experiences you had. Compare experiences with each
other, but be careful and ensure you make comparisons and not
judgements. For example, don’t say „The food in my country is better than
food here (other country)”.
35. LISTEN!!!
Don’t be so preocupied with trying to think of something to speak about
that you don’t listen when the other person is speaking. Letting others
speak shows that you’re interested and encourages them to speak more.
This, in turn, makes them feel more comfortable, which ultimately makes
YOU more comfortable as well. When you are relaxed, the topics and
words will come much more naturally.
37. Topicsyoumay
discuss
Sports - current matches or games, favorite teams, etc.
Hobbies
Weather - boring, but can get the ball rolling!
Family - general questions, not questions about private matters
Media - films, books, magazines, etc.
Holidays - where, when, etc. but NOT how much!
Home town - where do you come from, how is it
different/similar to this town
Job - once again, general questions not too specific
Latest fashion and trends
Celebrities - any gossip you may have!
38. Topicsyou
shouldnot
discuss
Salary - how much do you make? - That's none of your
business!
Politics - wait until you get to know the person better
Intimate relationships - only for you and your partner, or maybe
your best friend
Religion - tolerance is the key!
Death - we need to face it, but not the first time we meet
someone new
Financial - related to salary above, most people prefer to keep
financial information to themselves
Sales - Don't try to sell something to someone you have just
met.
39. Free Practice
Practice by speaking to your teacher.
Speak about anything that comes to mind (avoid the sensitive topics, of course)