ENGLISH FOR SOCIALIZING

1. 6. TALKING ABOUT INTEREST AND SPORT

1.1. QUESTION what do you do in your spare/free time? GAMES = I play - chess, bridge, backgammon, poker.

1.2. SPORTS do you play? FOOTBALL = quarter, touchdown, tackle

2. 7. TALKING ABOUT MOVIES AND STAGE SHOWS

2.1. MOVIES What's on? People The content Types of movie What did you think? Stage shows/ theater

3. 8. TALKING ABOUT VACATIONS

3.1. WHERE DID GO?

3.2. HOW DID YOU GO?

3.3. WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

3.4. WHAT DID YOU SEE?

3.5. WE HAD A GREAT TIME!

4. 9. TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

4.1. THE ECONOMY

4.2. THE COMPANY

4.3. CORPORATE STRATEGY

4.4. MANAGEMENT - BUZZ WORDS

4.5. THE FUTURE

5. 10. TALKING ABOUT HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE

5.1. WHAT THE MATTER?

5.2. HELP!

5.3. INJURIES

5.4. SERIOUS ILLNESS

5.5. FITNESS AND WEIGHT

6. 11. MAKING INVITATIONS

6.1. INVITING, RESPONDING, TIME, PLACE, NUMBER, FORMALITY, CONFIRMING

7. 12. EATING OUT

7.1. FOOD

7.2. IN THE RESTAURANT as starter could i have..

7.3. HOW WAS THE FOOD tasty, tender, delicious, sweet, spicy, bland, fatty, bitter.

8. 13. SAYING GOOD-BYE

8.1. TIME TO GO

8.2. MORE COMMENTS

8.3. FUTURE COMMENTS

8.4. CONTACT NUMBERS

8.5. GOODBYE

9. 14. CROSS-CULTURAL TIPS

9.1. BODY LANGUAGE: CONSIDER

9.2. FORMALITY: CONSIDER

9.3. LANGUAGE AND CONVERSATION: CONSIDER

9.4. INVITATION: CONSIDER

9.5. TIME: CONSIDER

9.6. SOCIETY: CONSIDER

10. 1. FIRST MEETING

10.1. The host - small talk Travel, Accommodation, Place, Weather, Closing the introduction

11. 2. SOCIAL PHRASES - RESPONDING

11.1. Offering help would you like me to..?

11.2. Requesting could/can you..please?

11.3. Asking permission may/ can I..?

11.4. Suggestions shall we take a break?

11.5. A thank you Thank you very much for your help

11.6. Surprising news the stock market rose ten percent this morning

11.7. Bad news my aunt is sick

11.8. A difficult question what is the population of New York?

11.9. An apology i'm very sorry about that

12. 3. TALKING ABOUT JOBS

12.1. WHAT DO YOU DO?

12.2. WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES?

12.3. WHO IS YOUR BOSS?

12.4. WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?

12.5. WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND?

13. 4. TALKING ABOUT FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIP

13.1. NAME

13.2. STATUS

13.3. A LOVE STORY

13.4. NOT A LOVE STORY

13.5. RELATIONSHIP

14. 5. TALKING ABOUT HOME

14.1. TYPES OF HOME

14.2. PLACES IN THE HOME

14.3. TYPICAL ACTIONS IN THE HOME

14.4. WHERE IS HOME?