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Conversationally Speaking [Paperback]

Alan Garner (Author)
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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Lowell House; 2nd Revised edition edition (30 Sep 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1565656296
  • ISBN-13: 978-1565656291
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.8 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 152,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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More than a million people have learned the secrets of effective conversation using "Conversationally Speaking." This revised edition provides more ways to improve conversational skills by asking questions that promote conversation, learning how to listen so that others will be encouraged to talk, reducing anxiety in social situations and more.

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Alan Garner has taught hundreds of Conversationally Speaking workshops. He is the coauthor of Lifers for Adult Children.

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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10 years ago I felt like a soul going about in a suit of armor fashioned from rusty scrap metal which had once been a septic tank. I had problems stemming from my youth.

The time had come for me to change or I was going to die, either of lonliness or suicide, so I got into therapy. I started feeling better soon, but needed to build new, practical habits. I hardly knew where to begin; books seemed a good place.

I found Alan Garner's book and seized it immediately.

It's a wonderful book if you desire practical conversational skills that will touch many areas of you life in a positive way. Garner gently guides you step-by-step from finding others to meet, to starting conversations & keeping them going, to resolving conflicts once you're in a relationship.

How fascinating for a young man like me to know the freedom of exchanging silly pick-up lines (or begging) for the calm of honest interest and realistic expectatations.

I am no longer bewildered about why some people are much more successful that others socially, and if you read Alan Garner's book you'll join in the understanding.

May you set yourself free.

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44 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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This is a comprehensively written guide which may go some way towards bolstering confidence and improving one's chances of getting a conversation going. However, British readers should note that the author makes liberal use of example dialogues, all of which are so American in style as to make them sound trite and incredible to British ears. In a guide which necessarily uses role play and learning by example, this is something of a limitation.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book with the view to being able to improve my conversational skills with unfamiliar people. Garner makes the whole subject of personal interaction very easy to digest, with each chapter covering one area of conversation. The sections are quite short, but well-written, with little or no padding at all, just good useful information. I especially enjoyed the section on the structure of conversation, and the revelation that almost anything will do as a conversation-starter! All in all money well spent and a book I will refer to over again.
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