The only thing I’ve seen work well is a norm that no one talks for very long at once. (At college I learned how to say just one thing, which allowed people to argue, ask questions, change the subject, or if they were interested ask “can you say a little more about that?”.) When conversing with people who have been similarly acculturated, if they interrupt me, that means that I have been rude by giving a speech instead of conversing.
Some people raise their hand, which is pretty clear but sufficiently jokey and simultaneously deferential to the speaker that it never seems rude to me. Along those lines I’ve seen some success giving off the visual signals of “about to speak,” plus at most a verbal “um” or “hmm”.
The only thing I’ve seen work well is a norm that no one talks for very long at once. (At college I learned how to say just one thing, which allowed people to argue, ask questions, change the subject, or if they were interested ask “can you say a little more about that?”.) When conversing with people who have been similarly acculturated, if they interrupt me, that means that I have been rude by giving a speech instead of conversing.
Some people raise their hand, which is pretty clear but sufficiently jokey and simultaneously deferential to the speaker that it never seems rude to me. Along those lines I’ve seen some success giving off the visual signals of “about to speak,” plus at most a verbal “um” or “hmm”.