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GROUP 3

Renisa Purwati

Retno Damayanti

Ridawati Rahayu

Ririn Ariance

Risdiani Dwi Anugrah

Rivani Kurnia


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The Simple Ways to Start Conversation

In fact, there are many other ways you canbegin interesting conversations to help youlearn English. Asking questions is a good way,but it's not the only way.

Here are three simple ways that we can learnto start the conversation and keep it going.

1. Be confident in yourself

2. Think of a compliment

3. Ask the other person questions aboutthemselves


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You first need to get a good idea of how todevelop your conversation confidence. Hereare 3-step formula for developing yourconversation confidence.

For starting a conversation you must befriendly.

Your goal is not to impress, it is to show that

you are a relaxed and sociable person whowants to have an enjoyable chat. Thats thebest way to engage another person in aconversation

1. Be confident in yourself


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Ask Good Questions

One of the most importanttools for engaging

another person in a conversation is your

curiosity.Your curiosity best manifests itself inthe way you ask questions.

First of all, you want to ask big, open-ended

questions that require more than a yes orno answer and create for the other person

the context to really talk about themselves.


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In everyday life, one of the most common

conversation starters is to talk about the

situation you are in. If you are in arestaurant, talk about what you see around

you. Give your opinion about something you

see. If the person you are with shows someinterest, you can continue to talk about

every aspect of that restaurant.


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If you struggle with starting conversations with

some people or in some contexts, its OK to use

conversation starters you have learned andpracticed before.

Remember that good conversation starters reflect

your authentic curiosity.

How to start a conversation in one concise

phrase, it would be this: have a combination offriendliness, curiosity, authenticity and verve.

This mix is an almost magical key which opens

many doors in social interactions.


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However, if the person does not seem so

interested, you could compare that restaurant to abetter one that you have been to. Besides the

location you are in, you could also talk about the

weather, about people who are passing by, or about

what you and the other person are wearing, etc.

Very important if you can show that you are

confident about what you are talking about and the

other person can give the positive respon. Theconversation will keep going if you always confident

and talking about the things that can make them

interest.


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You do not have to be sospecific to start a conversation. Youcould make a more generalcomment. For example, you could

comment about what ishappening in the world, or at yourjob, or in your city. This is a goodway to find out what the otherperson is interested in. Watch how

they respond to your comment anduse that as a sign showing whetheryou should continue talking or not.

Don't worry if the other

person does not show enthusiasm.That often happens. However, ifyou keep on trying, you will findsomething that is of more interestto him or her.


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A great way to start the

conversation is by complimenting

someone to. When we dont

know how to start a conversation

then to break the ice, a

compliment is always nice.A simple way that often helps

strike up a conversation is to

compliment the person, and then

ask a question, for example :"I love your bag, where did you

get it?"

2. Think of a compliment


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3. Ask the other person question

about themselves

Theres no better way to start a conversation

than ask someone a question about themselves.

We often find that lots of people hesitate to talkabout themselves, especially at the beginning of

a conversation. They may believe its impolite or

they may not be comfortable with opening up, so

they choose to bombard the other person with

questions as an alternative.


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Nobody wants to feel like theyre in aninterrogatory when theyre having a

conversation: What do you do? Where do youlive? Where do you work? Where are you from?What hobbies do you have? That is too manyquestions for two minutes of conversation.

But we can ask the other person about the thingsthat they like, for examples Ask them what genreof music that they like. Some examples are HipHop, R&B, Pop, Reggae, Country, Jazz, Classical,

Rock, and Alternative. Once they tell you, try tothink of a song from that genre that you know,and could use to get the conversation started.


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Sometimes simple things like these are really goodconversation starters especially if the person

happens to like the same kind of music that youdo. You can discuss different bands, or singers.Discuss maybe what concerts you have been to, orwould like to go see. Ask them what kind ofconcert they would go to if they had the chance to.

Then you can also ask them what their favorite

food is. For example you might want to ask them ifthey like Mexican food. Once they reply to you, yourespond with your kind of favorite food, and thenyou proceed to ask them which restaurant they likethe most.


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Here are some tips if you dont know how to start aconversation when you have nothing to talk about :

1. Introduce yourself if necessary. If you dontknow

the person, breaking the ice is very simple: tell the

new person your name, offer your hand to shake

and smile. You can introduce yourself with "Hello,

my name is..." or you can say "Hi, I'm...

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2. Ask an open-ended question

then you can continue it with thesimple question like "Where doyou come from?" or commentabout the weather if you are onthe outside room, like "It's really

cold today isn'tit?

The weather is the simple topic

which can be easy topic for

talking to someone. An openquestion requires an explanationfor an answer rather than just asimple yes or no.


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Examples :

Open questions tend to beginwith who, when, what, why,

where, and how. whereas closed questions tend

to start with do, have, andis/am/are.

Closed questions: "Do you like books?

"Have you been to university? "Is spring your favorite season?

and "Do you come here often?"


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Open questions:"What kind of books do you like?

"What did you study at university?"Which is your favorite season? Why?

"What are you doing right now?

and "Where's your usual favourite place to go whenholiday?"


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3. Practice getting conversations started

You may feel a little clumsy at first, but with

practice it can become easy to start goodconversations.

4. Know what happening

It will help if you watch some TV, listen to radio

shows or read a lot newspapers, magazines

or books. Doing this will ensure that you havesome idea of what's going on in the world.


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5. Know the person who youre talking to

If you are talking to other teenagers (or otheradults), they generally like to talk about music,

sports, TV, celebrities, video games, cool

websites, etc.

Younger children like to talk about their toys,

video games, music, TV shows, food, etc.

At the last, dont forget to keep the respectful

with other person that you are talking with.


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