Conversation Questions
Eye Contact
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.
- Do you make eye contact while you are speaking English?
- Why is making eye contact important?
- Is making eye contact important in your culture?
- What can you learn about a person by making eye contact?
- Can you think of some situations where eye contact should not be made?
- What is the difference between staring and making eye contact?
- Why is making eye contact important in a job interview?
- The eyes have been called "the window to the soul". What do you think that means?
- In USA culture we have many 'rules' about eye contact. These are unspoken
and most North Americans are not aware that we have rules.
- What is appropriate in your culture?
- What is appropriate in this culture?
- When you are telling some one something that you feel is important, what should your eye contact be.
- Is it OK if they look at something else while you are talking?
- Are there different rules for eye contact when you are addressing a person of higher status? Like the President or an elder?
- If you do not make eye contact what does that mean?
- If you make too much eye contact what does that mean?
- If you were in love what kind of eye contact would you make?
- If you were ashamed, what kind of eye contact would you make?
- If you were lying, or not telling the whole truth, what would your eye contact be like?
- If you were giving a speech or talking with a crowd what would your eye contact be like?
- If you are talking with a child and you think they are lying, do you think you could tell by looking at their eyes?
- How about an adult that you think is not telling the truth, could you tell by their eyes?
- What are the rules for males and females talking to each other?
- If a woman looks directly at a man is she being too forward or sexually aggressive?
Thanks to Jerilyn Stewart who suggested this topic and contributed the first 33 questions in April 2008.
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