As long as the conversation I'm having, follows the chapters in Genki I & II I'm sort of OK but as soon as I try to engage in some small-talk I'm lost!
Sentences like
ロバートさんは, どんなスポーツが好きですか
just sounds dorky!
Please help me with some nice sentences for starting a conversation with friends, business associates and general acquaintances that doesn't make me sound like well, reading out loud from Genki I.