This lesson contains 13 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.
Items in this lesson
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.