Conversation Questions: Eye Contact

• 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?