Spontaneous/adaptive speaking

Spontaneous/adaptive speaking
London project - interviews
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This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Spontaneous/adaptive speaking
London project - interviews

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How do 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

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What do you think spontaneous/adaptive speaking means?

Slide 4 - Mind map

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

Adaptive = aanpassend vermogen
Go with the flow of the conversation

Slide 5 - 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 6 - Slide

What do you think 'empathize' means?

Slide 7 - 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 8 - Slide

Slide 9 - Video

What do the interviewers in the clip do really well?

Slide 10 - 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 11 - Slide

Task for today
- Pair up with someone
- One will be the interviewer, the other will be the interviewee. After 3 minutes, you 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

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