Episode 87

87: How to Keep a Conversation Going in English

March 9th, 2026

19 mins 56 secs

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Isi and Mitch give you 5 (and a half) tips and tricks for keeping the conversation not only going, but flowing if you're a non-native English speaker trying to improve your conversation skills

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Transcript

Intro

Mitch:
[0:22] Hello everybody.

Isi:
[0:24] Hello.

Mitch:
[0:24] Greetings from sunny Germany, sunny Münster.

Isi:
[0:29] It's so nice. Winter's over.

Mitch:
[0:31] Yeah, newsflash. Winter for us, at least, is over.

Isi:
[0:35] It's 17 or 18 degrees today.

Mitch:
[0:37] Wow.

Isi:
[0:38] It's absolute spring.

Mitch:
[0:40] The worst thing about that is now we're stuck inside doing a podcast.

Isi:
[0:43] Yeah, but only for now. And then we do nothing else today and just lie in the sun.

Mitch:
[0:48] For you guys, we sacrificed the sunny weather to make up a 20-minute podcast. Today, Isi, you have no idea what we're talking about today.

Isi:
[0:58] Nope.

Mitch:
[0:58] This is a very interesting topic, actually, one that I've wanted to do for a while, and it's taken me a while to conjure five points, the most important points. Today, we're talking about how you guys can keep a conversation going in English. So I've come up with five little tips and tricks and you'll be able to help out with this as well Isi, because you obviously learnt English and you speak in English to English people. There's five points I have, five little tips and tricks to help you keep a conversation flowing, because you're obviously trying to manage your English speaking and you, maybe feel a bit nervous, maybe a bit anxious speaking English and so then, also having to think about topics and how to easily, keep the conversation flowing so they're doing some talking as well and you're able to feel confident in asking these questions, using these tips.

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