Think about how you close conversations by giving short answers to the following questions. If you aren't sure what types of cues or strategies you use, ask someone who knows you well, or have a conversation with another person and ask him or her to note what you do and say when you are completing the cues and strategies listed below.
1 You need to end a conversation you are having with a friend about vacations. How would you end the conversation using the strategies just learned?
2 What types of turn-requesting cues would you use?
3 What types of backchanneling cues would you use?