Benefit from Making Small Talk!

Beschreibung

You regularly attend meetings, eat out with colleagues or find yourself in other professional settings where small talk can be expected? You understand why small talk can be useful but struggle to sound natural and authentic?

This course mainly aims to promote speaking fluency but also helps to increase language accuracy through individual feedback from the trainer. It focuses on strategies for beginning and continuing casual conversations in business situations. Most of the time will be spent practising communication with your trainer and co-learners.

Topics: 

• Making the first contact 
• Introducing yourself and starting a conversation 
• Greeting and taking care of company visitors 
• Finding good topics and avoiding ‘taboo’ topics 
• Talking about hobbies, leisure activities, travelling, holidays and current events 
• Showing interest and keeping the conversation going 
• Ending a conversation politely and/or diplomatically and exchanging further contact information 
• Intercultural aspects to raise mutual understanding
• Learning from participants’ best practices 

The focus of the course will be chosen according to the participants’ needs. 

Language Level:

You should have a B1 or B2 level of English. Einstufungstest/Placement Test

Trainer: