What Is Small Talk?

This lesson begins at 0:50.

This is Mike Davies’s first video on YouTube, so the sound quality is not so good, but if you listen carefully, you should be able to understand most of this.

0:50 -- What is small talk?
- simple topics.
1:18 -- Sample situations
-- hotel or cafe
1:50 -- Test your knowledge
-- Have a think about what kind of topic and write them down.
2:22 -- Pause the video.
2:24 -- What could you talk about.
-- the weather
-- transport
-- sport
-- family
-- relationships
-- culture
-- theatre
3:02 -- Questions
-- What kind of questions can you ask?
-- Why questions.
-- What? Where? When? How?
3:44 -- Showing interest
-- Nod your head
-- “I understand.”
-- “Really?”
4:29 -- When do you use it.
-- meeting for the first time
-- keep it balanced
5:01 -- More about topics and questions.
-- What’s your name?
-- How are you?
-- Where are you from?
-- Where do you live?
-- Where do you work?
-- When is your birthday?
-- When did you come to London?
-- When are you going back home?
-- When are you starting your journey?
-- etc.
7:15 -- Let me leave you with one thing.
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