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As a communication coach, I always hear this exact problem from my students.
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People are in the crowd.
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I try to make eye contact and smile and try to inch closer, but I just speak out.
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I couldn't really hold a proper conversation.
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You have the desire to enter the conversation, but what's going on in your head that's stopping you?
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And this doesn't just happen in professional settings.
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It happens also in social environments too.
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And if you can relate to my student and you struggle to one, enter conversations and two, know what to say and how to add value to the conversation,
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then listen carefully because this will completely change your perspective on how to approach these situations even
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if you don't necessarily know what to say.
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So yesterday I have a mini practice with my girlfriends and I realized they just hop and I'm like a bystander.
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I couldn't even move in to say something.
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I'm trying to just wait for them to finish.
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I think maybe I'm too polite or what.
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The saddest part about this is some of the most kind, beautiful people end up being ignored because they're overly considerate.
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I think there's way more people who feel the same way you feel, think the same way you think than you give yourself credit for.
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Let's jam on this for a second, okay?
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Because I think this is a very important skill.
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The first part is they're talking about a topic that I don't know anything about.
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So when you don't know anything about it, you assume I can't contribute to the conversation, which I believe is incorrect.
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Because if you think
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that contribution only comes in the form of me adding value based on my knowledge on that topic, that's incorrect.
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You can add value based on knowledge, but you can also add value to the conversation by asking a question.
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That is a of contribution to the conversation.
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So if your friends are talking about a restaurant
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and let's say they're talking about a beautiful restaurant that sells baku teh, my favorite.
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For those of you who don't know what that is, you're missing out.
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That's all I'm gonna say.
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It's a beautiful dish in Malaysia.
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And if they're talking about this baku teh restaurant, they're all going crazy about it and then you can still ask a question.
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You say, hey, tell me, when did you find out about this restaurant?
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How did you find out about this restaurant?
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now that is a form of contribution because now they get to share, oh, I used to, my dad used to take it when I was young all the time and I loved it.
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And then now they're talking about dad, right?
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And you can go, oh, hey, that sounds like a really beautiful relationship you had with him.
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And then they're, yes, I did.
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Oh, you know what?
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And then blah, blah, blah, they keep talking.
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And now you can say, you know what?
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My dad did the same thing.
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But for my dad, it wasn't a restaurant.
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You know, for me and my dad, it was about flying kites, right?
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So I think you're, you're creating a cognitive block immediately thinking, if I don't know something on this topic they're all talking about, I can't join the conversation.
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For everybody here, that needs to stop because you can still be a part of the conversation, use the question.
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And that question immediately opens up another angle for that topic.
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So use the question.
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I think you'd be talking about quantum physics and Newtonian physics and you can jump in, but hey, what sparked your interest in this?
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You know, like when did you discover your interest for this?
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Oh, it started when I was in high school because of one of my teachers who really inspired me.
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It's the only place, Vin, that I believe magic still exists.
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It's the only place where, oh gosh, that's so beautiful.
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I mean, tell me more about it and then you can still be a part of it.
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So that's very powerful.
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That's number one.
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He's so clever, isn't he?
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One of the smartest guys I know.
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who are a part of my stage community.
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I'll see you on the inside.
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Okay, back to the video.
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The second one, I can already tell that you are being too polite, which is very sweet.
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I think it's a very beautiful value.
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But often with my students who are overly polite, because there's such being as being overly polite, too polite, that you end up being invisible and you don't get hurt.
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When you think about how do I signal that I want to say something?
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When you're being polite and overly polite, you mute yourself visually and vocally.
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So there's no vocal signal that you want to join.
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There's no visual signal that you want to join.
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So people assume you don't want to join.
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The only place that you know you want to join is in your brain.
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But people can't see inside of your brain, right?
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So they can't see your intentions.
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So you need to start still being polite.
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I don't want you to be a bad person, but I want you to raise the thought.
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Just go, oh, share an auditory indicator and a visual indicator.
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So while they're talking, and I've got friends who talk really intensely as well, you go, oh, and then the moment you do that, they'll look at you like i have to ask you both there's
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so much love for this restaurant how many times have you been here
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and you're already a part of it and and
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and cheekily how come this is only the first time i'm coming along what's going on with
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that and then you play you play right you play in conversation
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so i think auditory indicators and visual indicators are very important
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that you want to join otherwise people don't know the saddest
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part about this is some of of the most kind beautiful people end up being ignored because they're overly considerate.
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Whereas in a low stakes environment like a conversation, jump in Sharon, jump in.
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And you have to do this slowly.
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You know, in the next conversation, don't jump in 50 times, just jump in two or three times and make contributions, ask a question.
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And the beautiful thing about asking questions is when you ask enough questions to other people around other considerate people,
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they'll gradually fire one back to you and then that's your invitation to talk
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but unless you jump in and ask questions sometimes you'll just be completely outside of that circle
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so I think what question can I ask you what question
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can I ask you jump in with a question jump in with a contribution and share
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and I think you've got to create a bit of a
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I don't think I believe you should consider creating a bit of a KPI for yourself
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that every conversation every meeting that you're a part of from this point, you ask at least one question, you contribute at least one thing.
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That you are visible at least once.
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That you're never going to walk away from a lunch again not being visible at least once.
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And I dare say at least one to three times.
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Practice it.
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It's like a muscle.
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And just jump in.
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You have a beautiful energy to you.
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From the moment you ask me a question, don't let your fear rob the world of that.
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Jump in.
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Ask some questions.
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Share some stories.

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Ecco 5 espressioni naturali per entrare in conversazione, anche se non conosci il tema:

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  • "Come hai fatto a trovarlo?" (stimola le storie personali)
  • "Questo mi ricorda... con mio padre, invece, eravamo appassionati di kite" (connetti il tema a una tua esperienza)
  • "Cosa ti ha fatto interessare a questo argomento?" (apre un nuovo angolo, anche su argomenti complessi come la fisica)
  • "Sembra che tu abbia avuto una bellissima relazione con lui" (riconosce l'emozione, rafforzando la connessione)

La tua sfida di shadowing: parla come un nativo in 5 minuti!

Per migliorare la tua pratica di conversazione in inglese e masterizzare il shadowing in inglese (o shadowspeak), prova questo esercizio subito:
Riproduci il video, metti in pausa ogni 10 secondi e ripeti ad alta voce le frasi, imitando l'intonazione e il ritmo. Concentrati sulle domande: "What sparked your interest in this?" o "How did you find out about this restaurant?". Fai questo per 5 minuti al giorno: noterai che le frasi diventeranno più naturali e la paura di parlare scomparirà. Il shadowing non è solo per la pronuncia: aiuta a internalizzare le strutture di conversazione, rendendoti più veloce e sicuro. Oggi è il giorno per iniziare: le persone ti ascolteranno con più attenzione!

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosapeople who feel · teachers who really · polite, which is
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoI've put · I've developed · you've learned
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fabeing ignored

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