Spontaneous/adaptive speaking

Spontaneous/adaptive speaking
London project - interviews
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This lesson contains 13 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Spontaneous/adaptive speaking
London project - interviews

Slide 1 - Slide

How would you start a conversation?

Slide 2 - Open question

Small talk
Don't immediately dive into your topic questions

Start off with some small talk

Examples:
- How are you doing today?
- Lovely weather, isn't it?
- You look lovely today sir
- I like the outfit you're wearing

Slide 3 - Slide

Spontaneous/adaptive speaking meaning
Spontaneous = spontaan
Dare to go off-script when necessary

Adaptive = aanpassend vermogen
Go with the flow of the conversation

Slide 4 - Slide

Adaptive speaking
- Be able to adapt to the conversation

- Someone doesn't know about your topic?

- See what else this person knows

- If they bring up a different topic, continue asking
about this topic

- The speaking part is more important than your topic

Slide 5 - Slide

What do you think 'empathize' means?

Slide 6 - Mind map

Empathize
Empathize = inleven

If someone gives an unexpected answer, what do you do?
Empathize with them

Someone gives a very short answer, what do you do?
Continue asking

Why, what, when, how

The conversation is going really badly, what to do?
Find a polite way to end the conversation and find someone else
What do you know about football?
My dog just died.

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Video

What do the interviewers in the clip do really well?

Slide 9 - Mind map

Clip interview
- They adapt to the conversation

- Ask follow-up questions

Example:
Interviewee: 'I'm about to take on some modeling jobs'
Interviewer: 'What type of modeling jobs?'

Slide 10 - Slide

Task for today
 
- Pair up with someone
- One will be the interviewer, the other will be the interviewee. Switch roles.
- Start with the questions you prepared for your topic
- The interviewee goes off-script and starts talking about something else
- The interviewer has to adapt to the conversation and go along with it

Slide 11 - Slide

Hand in final interview questions
Hand in final interview questions in Somtoday Inleveropdrachten. Check if your interview questions are interesting and well thought out. They are unique, open questions that you can learn from. Preferably, ask 3+ questions per person.

Slide 12 - Slide

Slide 13 - Link