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The fruit cultivated from great conversation in micro situations can feed into the macro scale of our school, university and work life. Therefore, I have formulated a class focused around the great art of conversation. There is a great paradox surrounding great conversationalists. People think they talk more then they speak, but verily I can attest to you that it is quite the opposite. A great conversationalist has very distinct characteristics like listening, evaluating and posing the right questions to elicit great fruit from the conversation. Wherefore, in this class, we will be focusing on pragmatically building listening skills, through discussions, evaluating through situational judgement and question formulation for optimum results. The topics chosen will be neutral/secular. I encourage all experience levels and ages to join because I believe there is a fruitful conversation to be cultivated from all. Each class will involve me choosing two to three secular conversational topics beforehand. The students and I will have a free flowing conversation for half the class time. Thereafter, we will analyse, the content derived from it, thus testing listening skills. We will also look at question formulation, the use of verbal, as well as non-verbal language and I will provide constructive feedback to build upon. As a result, students will learn how to confidently engage in conversation, enhance their verbal and non-verbal communication and elicit the desired information from interactions.

Due to discussions about the importance of non-verbal communication and verbal interactions in the conversational classes, it is imperative to have your camera on. Please subscribe only if you are able and comfortable to interact with your camera on. Outschool policy doesn't require cameras to be on past the verification stage. However, as per this particular conversational class format, it is required to have your camera on for the full duration of class.

Moreover, as this is an ongoing class, I will aim to keep it rolling each week. However, please keep in mind that due to family obligations, postgraduate studies, the Covid-19 crisis etc, unfortunately, this may not always be possible and I may need to cancel sections. If a section is to be cancelled I will aim to do it in advance, preferably before the beginning of the respective week the class is scheduled to take place.

Please note:

•As there is significant preparation made before each session, there will be no refunds for unattended classes. Special consideration will be made in some circumstances if communicated before the session begins.
•Feel free to utilise the classroom recording, if you miss a session. If there is a single student booked in for the class, unfortunately, there will be no content to review.

Thanks and looking forward to meeting you