Listening: Understanding Interactional Cues & Discourse (Basic) B1 - Lesson 2: Recognizing Basic Turn-Taking Signals in Conversations

B1 Listening: Turn-Taking
B1 INTERACTION
Turn-Taking Signals
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🎯 Scenario: Weekend Plans.
Alex: Suggesting ideas.
Jamie: Listening and responding.
Focus: How do they signal "I'm done" or "Wait, I'm thinking"?
Alex "I was thinking we could go to the beach, but... um..."
Holding the Floor: "Um" and the lack of a falling tone mean "Don't speak yet, I am still thinking."
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Alex "...actually, the weather looks terrible. So, maybe not."
Yielding: His voice goes down (falling intonation) at the end of "not". He stops speaking.
Go
Jamie "Oh really? Well, how about the cinema then?"

Categorize the Signal Phrases:

Which phrases mean "I am NOT finished"?

"Well, let me see..."
"What do you think?"
"You know..."
"That's all."

Which phrases mean "Your turn"?

"How about you?"
"Umm..."

Is the speaker finished?

Task: Keep the Floor

Someone tries to interrupt you. Fill the gap to keep speaking.

"Wait, ______ let me finish this point."

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