Tuesday, December 15, 2015

How to talk to anyone: The experts' guide

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/how-to-talk-to-anyone-the-experts-guide

This article gives an in depth analysis and explanation on how to talk to different types of people, including: children and teenagers, strangers, your doctor, your date, your parents and your boss. Collectively the break down in personal and specific language generates an expert how to guide on how to talk to any kind of person. The guide includes an analysis on why these genres of people speak and like to be spoken to the way that they do, relating to personality and general characteristics

Step away from your phone: The new rules of conversation

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/step-away-from-your-phone-the-new-rules-of-conversation

This article explores the changing and shaping of face-to-face conversations in modern society. It looks at a fairly new concept about the takeover of online conversations. One in particular being "Phubbing", which is a term used to describe when someone is having a conversation with someone in real life, and at the same time, talking to somebody else on their phone. This terminology has been linked to the way that young people are growing up being able to use technology in a more advanced way, for example typing on their devices without looking at their screens.