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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