Small talk PDFs and teaching ideas for chatting about your journey, the weather, what you do, your weekend, etc. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.
Teaching small talk e-book
over 100 pages of small talk photocopiables in Teaching Social English: Interactive Classroom Activities Second Edition– NEW EDITION
Lists of useful small talk language
The 100 most useful small talk questions
Small talk index pages
Talking about your week and weekend page
Teaching small talk articles and blog posts
Teaching (not just making) small talk – NEW
Small talk in one-to-one classes problems and solutions – NEW
How to teach small talk – LINK UPDATED
How to teach small talk questions with how – LINK UPDATED
Small talk for specific language points
Photocopiable small talk classroom activities
and see links above and below for many more
Small talk in phone calls practice (in this very cheap e-book)
Small talk in telephone calls roleplays (in this very reasonable e-book)
Meeting people and small talk yes/ no questions games
Small talk questions about work and leisure
Small talk tense review (in this bargain e-book)
Business English small talk questions with be and do (and updated version in this good value e-book)
Business English small talk questions with Present Perfect and Past Simple (and updated version in this absolute bargain e-book)
Direct, indirect and taboo small talk questions
Present Perfect Simple and Continuous small talk
Being sympathetic and unsympathetic
Basic personal questions coin bluffing game
Small talk after not meeting for a while
Small talk with present tenses to start meetings (with useful phrases for ending the small talk and getting down to business)
Past Simple small talk questions
Wh questions for making small talk
Needs analysis and business small talk
Typical business questions brainstorming game
Discussion questions about small talk
Social language at conferences and trade fairs
Topics that are good for small talk
Talking about your company and job
Other related pages
Starting and ending conversations page
Meeting people and greetings page
Business socialising main page
Business functional language main page
Updated 1 August 2022