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How Conversation Works

Summary

Improve your ability to navigate the conversational floor by exploring turn-taking devices as well as techniques for opening conversations and monitoring or reducing your talk time. Weigh the pros and cons of using discourse markers and fillers such as well, um, and like, and understand why being an active listener and back-channeling are crucial to being a good conversationalist.