"The aim and design of conversation is, therefore, pleasure. This agreed, we can determine its elements. Conversation, above all, is dialog, not monolog. It is a partnership, not an individual affair. It is listening as well as talking.
Monopolizing tyrants of society who will allow no dog to bark in their presence are not conversationalists; they are lecturers. There are plenty of people who, as Mr. Benson says, ""possess every qualification for conversing except the power to converse.""
There are plenty of people who deliver one monolog after another and call their talk conversation. The good conversationalists are not the ones who dominate the talk in any gathering. They are the people who have the grace to contribute something of their own while generously drawing out the best that is in others.
They hazard topics for discussion and endeavor each to give to the other the chance of enlarging upon them. Conversation is the interchange of ideas; it is the willingness to communicate thought on all subjects, personal and universal, and in turn to listen to the sentiments of others regarding the ideas advanced."
By:
Mary Greer Conklin Imprint: Intell Book Publishers Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 279mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 3mm
Weight: 145g ISBN:9781835529898 ISBN 10: 1835529895 Pages: 52 Publication Date:06 February 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
