Topics for conversation about conversation

·         What makes it easy to talk to someone?

·         What traits do you look for in a conversation partner?

·         Tell about your favorite types of conversations to have?

·         What do you talk about?

·         How do you know the other person?

·         Who is the best conversationalist that you have ever met?

·         Why are they such a great conversationalist?

·         Have you ever had a great conversation with a complete stranger?

·         What made it so great?

·         What did you talk about?

·         Where were you?

·         What is your role in a conversation?

·         Do you dominate?

·         Do you subordinate?

·         What percent of a conversation do you spend talking?

·         Have you ever tried to consciously change your conversational style?

·         What did you change?

·         What are some good habits you have in conversation?

·         What are some bad traits you have in conversations?

·         Who communicates better: men or women?

·         What makes their style better?

·         What makes it worse?

·         Do you like to flirt?

·         How do you flirt?

·         What do you say?

·         On a scale of 1-10, how do you rate your conversational skill with the opposite sex? Explain.

·         How do conversations between men and women differ?

·         Do you like to argue?

·         What do you like to argue about?

·         Do you always want to be right?

·         What types of arguments do you hate to lose?

·         What topics should you avoid when talking to a stranger?

·         To a Swiss person?

·         To a Japanese?

·         To an American?

·         What topics are taboos for your culture?

·         What topics are taboo for you personally?

·         Why do people like to learn bad words in another language?

·         What do people do that drives you crazy in a conversation?

·         How do you feel about talking on the phone? Why?

·         Do you think that some conversations are easier to have on the phone? <ul

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·         What types of conversations, and why?

  What are some topics that you can't stand to talk about? Why?

  Do you have better conversations when you are drinking?

·         How do your conversations change after you have been drinking?

  Have you ever said something to someone that you wish you hadn't said?

  What was it? Explain.

  If you could relive any conversation of your life, what would it be? Why? Explain.

  How do you feel about being frank? Explain.

  How do you feel about blunt people?

·         Is there such a thing as being too honest? Explain.

  In your experience, which country's people are the easiest to talk to? Explain.

  Which country's people are difficult to talk to? Explain.

  If you could have the voice of any famous person, whose voice would you want? Why?

  How do you feel about conversations with people older than yourself?

·         Are there any older people who you have conversations with regularly?

·         Who are they?

  Some people like to talk about things, and some people like to do things.

·         What kind of person are you? Explain.

  If you could have a conversation with any famous living person, who would you talk to?

·         What would you talk about?

·         Why would you want to talk about that? Explain.

  If you could have a conversation with a famous deceased person, who would you talk to?

·         What would you talk about, and why?

  Do you like to eavesdrop on other people's conversations?

·         What kind of questions do you like to overhear? Where do you listen?

·         Have you ever spied on anyone?

·         Have you ever recorded a phone call or conversation? Why?

·         Would you ever do it? Explain.

  If you had to choose, would you rather marry a partner who is handsome/beautiful and sexy, but who is a terrible conversationalist, or a partner who is a wonderful conversationalist, but who is less-attractive-than-average? Explain.

  What was a difficult conversation you had to have in your life?

·         How did it turn out?

·         What made it hard? Explain.

  Would you like to be a salesman, a teacher, a reporter?

  Would you like to have a career that requires you to talk to a lot of people? Why?

·         Which career?

  How can you improve your conversation skills? Explain.