SOCIAL SKILLS

Clarification Asking for Giving Small talk The weather Family Sports Reporting progress and problems Responding to interruption and criticism Greetings, farewells and leave-taking Introductions Introducing others Introducing self Acquaintances Apologizing and acknowledging mistakes Requesting and offering assistance Borrowing Giving a warning (“Look out!”) Taboos Expressing ability/inability Advice Asking for Offering Responding to Expressing agreement and disagreement Expressing appreciation Approval or disapproval Requesting Expressing Asking for and reporting information Asking for and reporting additional information Attracting attention (“Yoo hoo!”) Inquiring about and expressing certainty or uncertainty Complaining Complimenting and responding to compliments Congratulating Correcting Deducing Denying and admitting Describing and identifying people and/or things Asking for and giving directions Expressing disappointment Expressing fear, worry, anxiety Granting forgiveness Expressing indifference Instructing Inquiring about and expressing intention Extending and accepting invitations Inquiring about and expressing likes and dislikes Asking about and expressing obligation Offering and responding to help Requesting, granting, and denying permission Inquiring about and indicating permissibility Persuading and insisting Inquiring about and expressing possibility or impossibility Inquiring about and expressing probability or improbability Asking for, making, and breaking promises Inquiring about and expressing remembering and forgetting Requests (polite or informal) Making Responding to Inquiring about and expressing satisfaction/dissatisfaction Expressing surprise or disbelief Sympathizing Expressing wish or hope Inquiring about and expressing a want or desire Understanding idioms Discussing sexuality and sexual problems

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