Name: When to END a conversation: 4 signs
Uploaded: 2020-10-08T19:10:11.000Z
Duration: 20 min
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Past continuous

So then, I was blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... where are you going?

Past simple

Hi, James from www.engvid.com . I don't know why they just walked away.

Let's go to the board and talk to E. Stop boring people?

Four signs it's time to end a conversation.

This video is to help you to be aware of when you should let a conversation go.

I've done many videos on how to continue a conversation, make conversations interesting,

how to start one, because we know that you need practice to get good at learning languages,

Whether it be English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian.

But in order to get that practice, you want people to willingly talk to you.

And if you continue a conversation past the point that they want to talk to you, they

will eventually start avoiding you when they see you, because you don't know when to end

You don't want to be the one person that people are like, "Oh god, here comes E and James.

So, this specific lesson is how to spot when somebody wants to end a conversation with

Because if you can end that conversation before they get there, they will want to talk to

Well, I'm going to introduce to you body language you should look for.

I will show you some phrases or words - key words they may use.

Once you have these things in your head, you'll be able to find that you'll know just before

a conversation's about to go - we call it sideways, or go in a bad direction.

You'll be able to end that conversation and have that person feeling comfortable enough

So, I've got numbers for you, 1, 2, 3, 4, because the lesson is about the four signs

I did tell you how we're going to do this, and one of the ways we're going to look at

Because when you see people using these signs, they're telling you it's time to end the conversation.

The first one is shoulder and foot position.

But you'll notice the person's foot will go towards an exit.

So, if you're talking to somebody and you just casually look down and one foot is pointing

towards you and the other foot is pointing towards a door, probably they want to leave.

It might be just at that moment, they're thinking to themselves, "Oh, I've got go home and cook

dinner", or "I've got to do...", and you notice what's happening with my body?

It doesn't mean I really need to get out, but my brain is starting to go there.

You'll see also that shoulders will move.

Their shoulder might start going, "Oh, that's really nice.

You and the kids are going on vacation next week.

Cool, I'd like to hear more about..." going towards an exit.

So, look at the rotation of their body or the position of their body.

If someone's really exited to talk to you, you'll notice that the foot might shift back

towards you, indicating they want to continue the conversation.

So, the first sign you should look for, which is the beginning of they want to end the conversation

Look at their shoulder, does it start to move towards the exit?

Because it means the body's getting ready to run.

Well, not really run, but you know what I'm saying.

After I've moved my body this way, you might start noticing that my eyes aren't on you

They're down, if I'm holding at drink, at my drink.

They might be looking at other people, looking at the clock around you.

This is when it's becoming - from unconscious - that is my body turning towards an exit

- to conscious, that I feel I've got to get going and I don't want to be rude.

So, these signs are - you're moving closer to somebody wants to end the conversation.

They're aware that maybe the conversation isn't exciting anymore, or stimulating.

Making them interested, or that they have to leave and time is happening.

You've been talking and they're like "Oh wow.

They're just trying to think of anything else.

And looking at objects is to try to keep our attention.

Because when people want to talk to you, they will keep close attention or keep their eyes

There's a difference between moving their eyes and thinking about things and then looking

over for a second or two over here and over there.

It's almost a very obvious sign, but sometimes we miss it because we're so excited about

getting to practice that we're not really paying attention to the other person.

Number three - I've got musical notes here, but what I'm really talking about is tone.

When I'm really happy to see you, I'm going to go, "So, what have you been up to?"

My voice goes up, and you go, "Well, I'm going to be going to the store and then I'm going

to be doing..." as my tone goes up, it's about excitement in English.

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When to END a conversation: 4 signs

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