Key topics: Interpersonal register: responding naturally to a French-speaking interlocutor, Tu vs. vous register decision based on conversational context, Strategies for filling the 20-second response window (elaboration, follow-up questions, expressions of agreement/disagreement), Natural spoken French conventions (fillers, hedging expressions, discourse markers), Responding relevantly to unexpected conversational turns, Pronunciation and intelligibility under time pressure, Vocabulary for common conversational topics: scheduling, opinions, invitations, preferences, problem-solving.
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