5 Killer Conversation Starters to Spark English Conversations

hey everyone welcome to the monthly

review the monthly show on language

learning where you discover new learning

strategies motivational tips study tools

and resources by the way all the free

lessons and bonuses you’re about to see

can be downloaded on our website so

click the link in the description right

now to sign up for your free lifetime

account ok today’s topic is how to speak

more of your target language talking

points for language learners and today

you’re going to learn one what talking

points r-25 talking points you can use

to start conversations and maximize your

speaking time and 3 how to get our

conversation cheat sheets so you can

speak even more of your target language

and you’ll find out how to get them for

free if you’ve always wanted to speak

more in your target language then this

episode is for you I’ll get into this in

just a bit but first here are this

month’s new lessons and resources first

the talking about numbers conversation

cheat sheet with this new numbers PDF

cheat sheet you’ll learn all the basic

numbers how to state your age and tons

more number related phrases second be

how to count to 1 billion PDF book with

this new printable ebook you’ll learn

how to count from zero to a billion

download it now for free 3rd 15 ways to

learn on your commute want to know the

best ways to learn when you’re on the go

learn 15 ways to learn and master

languages during your commute in this

one-minute lesson fourth want to learn

how to order food in your target

language then this one-minute lesson is

for you you’ll learn the 20 most common

phrases and questions you’ll need at a

restaurant to get your free resources

click the link in the description below

right now they’re yours to keep forever

ok let’s jump into today’s topic

if you’re like most language learners

then your number one goal is to speak

more right you want to have fluid

conversations with natives it’s a great

goal to have but for most language

learners speaking also happens to be

their weakest skill you may not know

enough of the language to express

yourself you tend to run out of words

and things to say and you’re just not

sure how to start conversation if you

have at least one of these issues then

talking points are just what you need

part-1 what’s a talking point a talking

point is a topic that invites discussion

or argument in other words just

something to talk about it could be

about yourself your work your hobbies

the weather food or what you did this

past weekend all of these are talking

points here’s an example to help you

better understand talking points think

of a conversation you’d have with a

friend you can ask what did you do this

weekend they’ll reply and then ask you

back the talking point here is the

weekend let’s say your friend says they

went to a restaurant that’s a natural

talking point to explore next you can

ask what kind of restaurants do you like

now you’ve covered two talking points

the more talking points you have the

more you can speak and the same goes for

your target language the only challenge

is you need to know the relevant words

and phrases for that topic for example

if you want to talk about the weekend

you need to know phrases and questions

like what did you do this weekend I did

this what about you in the next part

you’ll discover five easy talking points

that you can master with our learning

program let’s get into part two part two

five talking points you can use the

first one is learn how to introduce

yourself in your target language why is

this a powerful talking point

introducing yourself is something you’ll

do again and again every time you meet

someone new so learning the relevant

phrases is a must if you’ve done the

first few lessons on our site you can

already do this if not then check out

our absolute beginner lessons and the

top twenty-five questions you must know

lessons you’ll learn basic conversations

with our quick three to 15-minute

lessons we’ll give you the exact lines

to use along with the translations so

that you can use them in

conversations you can also use this

talking point to continue a conversation

for example if you’ve started with a

different point like the weather then it

makes sense to say by the way my name is

talking point number two the weather

this is a universal talking point people

like to talk or complain about the

weather all over the world in fact just

saying it’s really nice today

it’s enough to start a conversation with

a native speaker if you want to talk

about the weather check out our can-do

lesson pathway called can talk about

weather

you’ll find this pathway in the absolute

beginner level of our lesson library

talking point number three compliments

compliments are another great way to

start a conversation or continue one if

you’re running out of things to say

you can quickly transition and say

something about their city their country

or just hey I like your shirt if you

want to learn how to compliment check

out our compliments phrase list this

list is free to access for all users if

you don’t know where to find it on our

site leave a comment in the comments

below and we’ll follow up point number

four ask for help for example you can

ask for directions or about the price

and let the conversation go from there

these are very basic phrases that you

learn in our survival phrases lessons if

you want to strike up a quick dialogue

this is a great talking point to use

point number five learn phrases for

transactions like getting a room at a

hotel

shopping ordering food or telling the

taxi driver where to go you may think

that this isn’t much of a talking point

but for the learners that are shy about

talking to random native speakers for no

reason this is an easy way to start a

dialogue you have a good excuse you want

to buy something so the staff will be

happy to respond again you learn all of

these with our survival phrases lessons

okay let’s move on to our last part part

three how to get our conversation cheat

sheets lastly I’m going to tell you how

to get our collection of conversation

cheat sheets for free with these cheat

sheets you’ll be able to talk about all

kinds of topics travel hobbies dating

family weather and much more

which means you can master a lot of

talking points and speak more of your

target language if you’d like to get

these cheat sheets please leave us a

comment in the comment

section all right everyone in the last

monthly review we asked you to submit a

video or audio file of yourself speaking

the language telling us your plans for

the summer so thank you to all of you

that sentence submissions you’ve all

received a premium plus subscription as

a reward now let’s take a look at some

of the entries

okay so now I’m going to check out the

audio and video messages that we’ve

received for this month let’s get

started hi Alicia hi I am almita I am

from Bangladesh Bangladesh I have been

learning English since 10 years oh I

wanted to send you an audio I am

learning english and spanish corning

language is my hobby i read many books

in my target language mm-hmm I need your

help I hope it will help me if you help

me I would be grateful to you thank you

very much

cool so learning languages is your hobby

and that’s tough too to learn two

languages at the same time I think

reading books is a good way to practice

and to enjoy your studies I hope you can

also find some ways to practice your

speaking as well maybe you can try

reading your books out loud to get some

speaking practice too so thanks so much

for sending this audio file really

appreciate it and good luck as you

continue studying

thanks so much okay let’s go to the next

one

hi my name is Juan I’m 21 years old and

I’m from Mexico I want to thank to

English class 101.com

to helping me a lot about English

culture and how to improve my new

language I think that my English skills

like my speaking my listening like

writing I mean I my reading are very

embarrassing I start to learn with

arisia and in this class 101 . the

reason that we start to learn and

practice my english is because i really

want to be a bilingual speaker and it

would be useful to find a good job

opportunity one more time thank you

English class 101.com - helping me to be

better every day

good bye that was awesome thank you so

much for sharing that feedback and for

sharing such a positive comment so

that’s a really cool goal to be a

bilingual speaker and to be able to

communicate clearly with other people so

thanks so much for this and I’m so happy

to hear that you feel like you’ve

improved since you’ve started using our

lessons and our material that is awesome

so please take care and good luck as you

continue studying English thanks so much

for this okay

that is everything that we have for this

month so thank you so much to everybody

who took the time to reach out to us so

which entry did you like the best leave

a comment below or do you think you can

do better here’s a challenge for you yes

everyone watching this record a 30

second to 1 minute video or audio clip

tell us what did you do this past summer

if you do you’ll win a one month premium

plus subscription to submit click on the

link in the description sign up for your

free lifetime account then fill out the

form attach the audio or video file and

press submit we may feature you in next

month’s episode so a lot of learners

will see you and your progress and will

hopefully get inspired to improve and

master the language to submit a

recording click the link in the

description and follow the instructions

on the page so thank you for watching

this episode of monthly review next time

we’ll talk about how to double your

speaking time in your target language if

you enjoyed these tips hit the like

button share the video with anyone who’s

trying to learn a language and subscribe

to our Channel we release new videos

every

and if you’re ready to finally learn

language the fast fun and easy way and

start speaking from your very first

lesson get our complete learning program

sign up for your free lifetime account

right now click the link in the

description see you next time bye

[Music]