Speaking Strategies

1. Using fillers in order to gain time to process

1.1. Uh

1.2. I mean

1.3. Well

1.4. So

2. Using conversation maintenance cues

2.1. Right

2.2. Yeah

2.3. Okay

3. Getting someone's attention

3.1. Hey

3.2. Say

4. Huh?

5. Asking for clarification

5.1. What?

6. Asking someone to repeat something

6.1. Excuse me?

7. Using mime and nonverbal expressions to convey meaning