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  • Hello.

  • My name is Emma, and in today's video I am going to teach you how to interrupt politely.

  • Okay, so this is a very important skill we need and we use a lot in conversation.

  • So, to start with, let's first talk about: What does the word "interrupt" mean?

  • So: "interrupt" can be a verb, and we also have the word "interruption", which means

  • the same thing and is a noun.

  • So, when you interrupt it means you stop someone from doing something, like speaking.

  • So, in a conversation, if someone is talking and you stop them from talking, you are interrupting

  • them.

  • So, in this video we are going to talk about how to interrupt politely.

  • Okay, so let's look at some example sentences of the word "interruption" and then I'm going

  • to teach you some ways to interrupt.

  • So, my example sentence is: "She interrupted John."

  • In this case "interrupt" is a verb.

  • We can also say: "There was an interruption."

  • And in this case, "interruption" is the noun form of the word "interrupt".

  • Okay, so let's talk a little bit about interruptions and interrupting.

  • Interruptions are very normal in conversation.

  • They are a very important part of conversation.

  • Maybe in your culture interrupting might be rude, but in English it's something we do

  • a lot and it's expected in conversation.

  • Now, there are polite ways to interrupt, meaning good ways, and there are bad ways to interrupt.

  • So we need to be careful how we interrupt, but it's important that we do interrupt from

  • time to time.

  • So, when do we interrupt?

  • Well, if somebody is talking and they're talking... they should be talking about something and

  • they start going off topic, for example; maybe they're supposed to be talking about business

  • at a meeting and they start to talk about their family life, that might be a good time

  • to interrupt.

  • Or maybe you have one person who is talking in a conversation and they keep talking, and

  • they've been talking for five minutes, that might be a good time to interrupt.

  • So when somebody talks too long, you might want to interrupt them.

  • You might interrupt somebody if you need to tell someone something important.

  • So maybe somebody is talking and, you know, they have something on their face, and it's

  • something embarrassing, so you might interrupt to tell them that there's something on their

  • face.

  • Or, you know, maybe somebody needs to know some important information, and so they're

  • talking and you interrupt them to tell them that important information.

  • You also might interrupt when you want to add something to the conversation.

  • Conversations are about taking turns.

  • So the first person says something, then you say something, and then they say something,

  • and it goes back and forth.

  • Now, maybe this person is talking and you want to add to what they say, you might interrupt

  • them for that reason as well.

  • So, we've covered about when we interrupt, and we can interrupt in conversations, at

  • meetings, in school; there are many different situations where we might want to interrupt.

  • The key word here, though, is interrupt politely.

  • So now I am going to teach you some great expressions you can use to interrupt people

  • in conversation.

  • Okay, so I want you to imagine this: You are in a conversation and one person has been

  • talking for five minutes.

  • Here is the person.

  • So, they're saying: "Blah, blah, blah", they keep talking, talking, talking, and you want

  • to say something.

  • So, how can you interrupt politely?

  • Well, let's look at some expressions.

  • You can say: "Sorry for interrupting, but can I just say something here?"

  • So you would say this if you have something to add.

  • So let's practice this expression together: "Sorry for interrupting, but can I just say

  • something here?"

  • This is a polite way to interrupt.

  • You can also say: "Sorry for interrupting, but can I just mention something?"

  • Let's say that together.

  • "Sorry for interrupting, but can I just mention something?"

  • We can also say: "Sorry for interrupting, but can I just add something here?"

  • So these three expressions are very similar; the only difference is we're changing the

  • word here, the verb from: "say" to "mention" to "add", but they all mean the same thing.

  • We can also say, if the person looks like they're going to say something else, you can

  • say: "Before you move on, I'd like to say something.", "Before you move on, I'd like

  • to say something."

  • We can also say... another way to say all of these things is just: "Sorry to interrupt,

  • but I'd like to add something."

  • So let's say that together.

  • "Sorry to interrupt, but I'd like to add something."

  • So I've highlighted...

  • I've put in green some of these polite words we're using.

  • Okay?

  • So these are polite ways to interrupt someone.

  • "Sorry" is a polite thing to say, and same thing with: "I'd like".

  • "I'd like" stands for: "I would like", and it's used when we're trying to be polite.

  • So hopefully when you say something like this, our friend here who is talking, and talking,

  • and talking will stop and let you say what you want to say.

  • Now, let's look at some other expressions we use when we're learning on how to interrupt

  • politely, and how to stop somebody from interrupting us maybe.

  • Okay, so we've talked about what to do if you want to interrupt someone, but what do

  • you do if someone interrupts you?

  • All right?

  • So there's a couple of things you can do.

  • If someone interrupts you, one thing you can do is you can be polite and if you've been

  • talking a lot, maybe you can let them interrupt you.

  • Okay?

  • So you can just, you know, allow them to speak.

  • If you see someone who looks like they want to interrupt you, maybe they've tried a couple

  • times but they haven't maybe been successful, you can also ask someone, you know, especially

  • if they're shy, you can say: "Is there something you would like to add?" or "Is there something

  • you would like to say?"

  • This gives the other person permission to interrupt.

  • Okay?

  • So, this is a great phrase, especially if you think you've been talking too much, you

  • can say this to someone to give them a chance to say what they want to say.

  • Or another thing you can do is sometimes you might be in a conversation and someone keeps

  • interrupting you.

  • Okay?

  • You're not able to talk because every time you try to say something, someone interrupts

  • and they're not following the turn-taking.

  • Okay?

  • They just keep jumping in and you can't get your point across because somebody keeps interrupting

  • you.

  • This can be very annoying.

  • It really annoys me when people do this.

  • And so, what can you do if this happens?

  • Well, you can tell the person in a nice way, you can say: "Let me finish what I was saying."

  • Now, the way you say this is very important because if you say this very angrily, people

  • might think you're mad.

  • You can say this in maybe a more polite tone; it depends on what you're trying to convey.

  • But you can say: "Let me finish what I was saying."

  • Or: "I'm almost finished my point."

  • So this tells the other person that you want to keep talking, and that you'll get to their

  • point but for now it's your turn still.

  • Okay?

  • So let's practice saying these two expressions: "Let me finish what I was saying."

  • Okay?

  • And: "I'm almost finished my point."

  • Okay?

  • So these are what you can say if someone interrupts you, but you want to continue talking.

  • Okay, another thing I just wanted to say when it comes to interruptions and interrupting

  • people in conversation is it's very important to look at people's body language.

  • So, what is body language?

  • Well, it's not what you're saying, it's non-verbal, so not speech, not talking... non-verbal movements

  • that have a message, or you use it to communicate.

  • So, for example, one thing you can do if you want to interrupt someone is you might raise

  • your hand, depending on where you are.

  • So in a classroom, for example, raising your hand is a very good thing to do, or maybe

  • in a meeting you might raise your hand to show you want to say something.

  • You can also make eye contact with the person who's talking to show that, you know, you

  • want a turn.

  • This might work and it might not work.

  • A lot of the times when we want to say something and interrupt, we kind of move our body forward

  • to show that we're more engaged in the conversation, so you might want to pay attention to that.

  • And say, for instance, if, you know, you want to interrupt someone or someone wants to interrupt

  • you, you sometimes get somebody put up their finger like this, and that means: "Wait."

  • Okay?

  • Or: "Hold on", and it means that they want to finish speaking.

  • So if you try to interrupt and somebody says: "Wait", it means they want to keep talking.

  • Okay?

  • So it's very important to pay attention to body language, because it might be different

  • in some cultures compared to other cultures.

  • Okay, so thank you so much for watching this video.

  • We've talked a lot about how to interrupt politely.

  • To practice this more I invite you to come visit our website at www.engvid.com.

  • There you can find a quiz on all of these expressions and you can practice them more.

  • I would also like to invite you to subscribe to my channel.

  • I have a lot of different videos on all sorts of different topics, from jobs, resumes, vocabulary,

  • conversation, expressions, pronunciation - all sorts of different topics, so I invite you

  • to check that out.

  • Until next time, thank you and take care.

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