Making contact

Making contact

key vocabulary

key vocabulary

​key phrases

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Переведите на английский: Привет! Приятно было видеть тебя здесь. Как поживаешь?

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Переведите на английский:Привет! Рад видеть тебя снова!

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Переведите на английский:Привет! Как дела?

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Переведите на английский: Я не видел тебя целую вечность. Как дела?

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Переведите на английский:Было здорово увидеть тебя снова, но мне лучше пойти.....

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Послушай, мы должны как-нибудь повторить это снова

​key phrases

​Present Simple and Present Continuous

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What is a purpose the purposes of small talk

Purposes:

To make contact

To make friends

To establish connections

To build up relations

To discuss an interesting topic

To learn new information

To negotiate business issues

Your answer

​Is it easy for you to talk to unknown people in business situations? Is it easy for you to think up topics for discussion? What do you usually talk with your colleagues about?

Read the dialog between Max and Emma paying attention to the highlighted words and complete the sentences below

Drag and Drop

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is taking part in the educational marathon. ​

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hasn't heard the news about the contract with their Chinese partners. Emma thinks that ​

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needs to improve his/her communication skills.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Emma

Max

Multiple Choice

Listen to some small talk and decide if they are good or bad examples of business informal communication. Explain your point of view.

Small talk 1. At the coffee machine.

• Good

• Bad

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Listen to some small talk and decide if they are good or bad examples of business informal communication. Explain your point of view.

Small talk 2. At lunch

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Listen to some small talk and decide if they are good or bad examples of business informal communication. Explain your point of view.

Small talk 3. At the water cooler.

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Listen to some small talk and decide if they are good or bad examples of business informal communication. Explain your point of view.

Small talk 4. At a party.

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Listen to some small talk and decide if they are good or bad examples of business informal communication. Explain your point of view.

Small talk 5. In the elevator

• What do you think people in bad examples do wrong?

• What phrases and ideas from good small talk would you use yourself?