Real Talk: Advanced Conversational Skills for Teens

This "Real Talk" class is for teenaged learners who are ready to practice more social and conversational skills that are applicable to teen life today. 

Learners do not need to have taken the "Real Talk: Am I In The Zone?" level 1 and 2 classes previously (for kids or teens), but if they need support in social awareness, those would also likely be helpful for them! 

The teacher will present one topic related to communication, conversation, or language each meeting. Then the learners will have the opportunity to practice these skills with each other, with the teacher prompting and guiding as needed. Games and activities related to that week's topic may also be presented. Each class will only admit a small group of learners in order to maximize the opportunity for interaction. Some weeks will be "conversational weeks" that allow for practice of newly-enriched language/social/communication skills, as well as fun activities.

As sections were not created concurrently, each section may be on a different topic, so I cannot list an exact schedule here. However, here is a list of just a few of the topics I've covered so far in 2023:

-Communicative changes reflecting personal reinvention
-Communicative characteristics of charismatic people
-Non-verbal communication: How smells can make or break rapport
-The "43:57 Rule" of conversation
-Using context clues to determine if you can join a conversation
-Proxemics
-Communicating when you're disappointed

My teaching style is real, warm, engaging, enthusiastic, and empathetic. 

Since learners excel in different ways, multiple teaching modalities are used, including: lecture, photos, animated .gifs, drawings, text, videos, audio, practice scripts, gestures.

Both neurotypical and neurodiverse (and everything in between!) learners are welcome. All gender expressions (binary, nonbinary, fluid, etc.) are respected. Secular and religious views are recognized.