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.
Updated 26 August 2019
e-book
over 100 pages of small talk photocopiables in
Teaching Social English: Interactive Classroom Activities – NEW
Small talk index pages
Talking about your week and weekend page
Photocopiable small talk classroom activities
see links above and below for many more
Being sympathetic and unsympathetic
Basic personal questions coin bluffing game
Small talk after not meeting for a while
Business English small talk questions with Present Perfect and Past Simple
Business English small talk questions with be and do
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
Social English page – NEW LINK
Starting and ending conversations page
Meeting people and greetings page
Business socialising main page
Business functional language main page
