5 Killer Conversation Starters to Spark English Conversations
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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
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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
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bilingual speaker and to be able to
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