The Origins of Small Talk

THE ORIGINS OF SMALL TALK

A Hat Trick production for the BBC
(provided underneath, 2 minutes 30 seconds)

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 Instructions

This video portrays 3 cavemen waiting for a mammoth. As they wait, they try to strike up a conversation. This is video is related to a set of tasks that will help students to learn how to fill in awkward silences when talking to strangers.

Level: lower intermediate and upper

Language items: students practice asking "small talk" questions by transforming the cavemen conversation into a 21^st century office dialogue.

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Materials:

a) provided Teachers' Pack which contains: pre-listening + while listening + post-listening tasks as well as an answer sheet for teachers.

b) video. The video has been downloaded from youtube and has been created by Hat Trick productions for the BBC.

How to watch the video:

Possibility 1: download the video to your USB pen and view it in your class. This video has MP4 format. Make sure your Real Player, VLC or other programmes that you use to watch videos have been upgraded. The link to donwload these files is provided below.


Possibility 2: if you have internet connection in your classroom, go to mariavocationaltraining video site by clicking HERE and watch the video online.


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