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  1. Jun 2022
    1. Think of a conversation. In a spoken conversation it is essential to pay attention to what hasjust been said and to the person you are addressing. Even when arguing for your original ideas,you are attempting to convince people directly in front of you. To make other people feel you aretalking with them and not at them, you must listen to the facts, ideas, and emotions that theyexpress in order to know what kinds of answers they will understand and accep

      Yes, as the They Say, I Say academic writing text we use at FUS says, it's like when you arrive at a party, perhaps a little late. You sit down and listen for a while to see where the conversation is at, before starting to speak yourself, always speaking as a "response" to what others were saying, because we neither speak nor write in a vacuum...

  2. Aug 2021