Please complete the following:
- Watch Celeste Headlee’s TED Talk, “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation“
- Listen to the “Conversation Styles & Sports” .mp3 below
Answer the following questions, and email your answers (Word or Google doc) by class time on Monday, Aug. 21. We will also discuss these in class on Wednesday, Aug. 23:
- Headlee asserts that many people are losing the skill of good communication. Do you think this is true of people your age? Is it true of people from your country?
- What three suggestions that Headlee gives do you find most interesting or surprising? What two suggestions do you find confusing or do you think might not actually work?
- Based on the .mp3 listening, what conversation style do you think people in your country follow? Why do you think this?
- According to the listening, why is understanding different conversation styles important?