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Asking open-ended questions is often the best way to begin a conversation with a new friend or stranger, “What is your religious background? How did that affect you?”
In my teaching, I introduce each new topic with questions. In advising students in required speech class, I usually recommend that each new section of their talk could well start with a provocative question that gets the audience starting to think along with them before they share further. In class, I always mention that I’d rather answer their questions than continue with my prepared lecture: “Interrupt me even in the middle of a sentence if you want”. [Read more…] about Asking Open-Ended Questions
