Encouraging conversation
We can encourage conversation in the following ways.
· Showing interest/surprise
Really?
I’m surprised to hear that.
Do you? /Did you? /Have you?
· Asking follow-up questions
What did you think of…?
When are you going to…?
How do you feel about…?
· Using the speaker’s words in a follow-up question
So the meeting’s been postponed until next March.
Next March?
We can encourage conversation in the following ways.
· Showing interest/surprise
Really?
I’m surprised to hear that.
Do you? /Did you? /Have you?
· Asking follow-up questions
What did you think of…?
When are you going to…?
How do you feel about…?
· Using the speaker’s words in a follow-up question
So the meeting’s been postponed until next March.
Next March?

