The conversation class occupies a unique place in the process of learning English as a second or foreign language. From the author's own experience in conducting special conversation classes with Persian-speaking adults, he has drawn up a number of simple but important guidelines, some of which he hopes may provide helpful suggestions for the teacher of English who conducts "conversation" sessions as part of the regular classroom procedure or as an extra-curricular activity. The author also suggests some topics for conversation and shares some examples of activities he has used successfully with his conversation classes. [This article was first published in Volume 7, No. 1 (1969).]