ID de réservation
17964362
Quand ?
1st August 2025
Horaire ?
16:00pm - 17:00pm
Notes
BUSINESS SITUATIONS: Small talk with colleagues at work
SUBJECT OR TOPIC: Chatting with co-workers
LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS: Starting conversations; responding naturally to informal questions; expressing curiosity and social interest
UNITS: Build conversational skills (small talk); start of Present Perfect
VOCABULARY: politics; personal plans; trip; helmet; uninterested; boring; awkward; shy; wedding card via email; embarrassed; How do you get to work?; take advantage of
PHRASES / EXPRESSIONS: I didn’t look at the weather map this morning. Is it going to rain?; Last night my husband and I went to an Indian restaurant. Have you tried it?; Your shoes look good. In which country did you buy them?; Do you want to see the Bob Marley biopic with me?; What are you doing tomorrow during your free time?; Is this weekend the wedding of our colleague Bob?
GRAMMAR: Use of gap fillers to sound more natural and gain thinking time (I mean; you know; uh; well...); introduction to Present Perfect
PRONUNCIATION: gym; catch; wedding
OTHER: Speaking strategies for small talk; encouraging natural phrasing and question formation; scaffolding responses for fluency
PROGRESS: She did reasonably well in this session. She needed to pause and think before responding to many of the spontaneous questions, but that reflective effort helped her internalise some useful strategies for real-world conversation. The session gave her a chance to practise the kinds of casual interactions she wants to improve.
FEEDBACK: The lesson was important for building her confidence in speaking spontaneously. She still hesitates, but she made consistent effort to engage with realistic workplace situations. Present perfect was introduced briefly and will be continued in the next lesson.
HOMEWORK: Learn verbs, gestures and manners: Activity 2, Part A.