conversational interpersonal seriously stuggled normally critic negative rely overlooked confident impact valued reliance critical strike When I asked my students to practice holding a conversation in class, they looked confused. What's worse, my students 1)_____ hard in this class activity. I came to realize that cultivating in students the ability of communicating with each other in real time has been 2)_____ in the current education. Face-to-face communications is probably the most important skill in the 21st century. It is a(n) 3)_____ skill indispensable for job interviews, pay raise negotiations, project discussions, and making life decisions. However, students' 4)_____ on smartphones for communicating is make it difficult for them to engage in face-to-face talk. The strong push for screen use in schools has also lead to 5)_____ consequences. It prevents students from developing the ability of 6)_____ thinking. It also damps down their communications even on the most important matters. Now that technology has an important 7)_____ on students' lives, probably we could take advantage of digital devices to help students regain the lost art of face-to-face conversation. I have noticed that students take conversations, debates and discussions more 8)_____ when recorded. We can encourage students to 9)_____ a balance between digital literacy and interpersonal conversation. In this way, students will be able to learn to maintain 10)_____ conversation.