Talk about it
Have you noticed that conversational styles are different in different cultures? What is polite in one culture may be rude in another culture.
- How is conversation in the US different from conversation in your country?
- What is polite and what is impolite?
- Who talks first and who talks second?
- How does the conversation continue?
- Do you prefer a conversation in which each speaker has a regular turn to speak, or would you rather that speakers interrupt each time they have an idea to share?
Some people compare conversation to sport. Have you heard of this? What sport is your conversational style like?