Small Talk Confidence Builder

A2 · Elementary48 minConversation SkillsLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: put the whole course together — rapid-fire practice of starting, keeping, and ending conversations across four different scenes.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: How far you've come

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: From Practice to Confidence

    Read a 230-word text about From Practice to Confidence

  2. Framework6 min

    Framework: Rapid-Fire Role-Play Method

    Rapid-Fire Role-Play, 4 steps

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Confidence and Fluency Vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Rapid-Fire Mini-Conversations

    Role-play: Practice quick mini-conversations in four different everyday scenarios. For each one, start the conversation, maintain it briefly, and either keep it going or exit gracefully. Apply the frameworks you've learned throughout the course. (4 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: rapid fire

    5 discussion questions

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