This lesson is part of the pack: Ready for Socialising. Teach it as a complete experience.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- Real-World Context: Practise starting and maintaining conversations with strangers in everyday situations.
- Functional Language: Practise polite conversation openers and high-frequency reaction phrases (e.g. No way!, Same here!, I get that, That’s brilliant!).
- Authentic Video & Listening: Watch “Most Annoying People on Planes” and listen to a dialogue between two strangers to decode natural expressions, meaning and tone.
- Guided Practice: Complete gap-fill listening tasks, choose the most natural responses, and analyse why certain phrases work better than others.
- Fluency Building: Role-play realistic social situations: networking events, yoga classes, being lost abroad, and more.
- Social Awareness: Learn how to read social signals, show interest politely, and recognise when to continue — or end — a conversation naturally.
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