Read about what happened when the author decided not to engage in ‘small talk’ for a month.
Explore how small talk can be problematic for some people, and how they deal with it.
In accordance with The Guardian’s licensing agreements, the article and lesson materials will be available until 15th April 2027.
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Credits
Topics
- 1-to-1
- A1
- A2
- Adults
- adults
- advanced
- Advanced
- B1
- B2
- C1
- C2
- conversation topics
- conversations
- elementary
- Elementary
- Group Work
- human behaviour
- Integrated Skills
- interactions
- intermediate
- Intermediate
- News Lessons
- news lessons
- Pair Work
- personalities
- phrasal verbs
- Pre-Intermediate
- psychology
- Reading
- small talk
- small talk topics
- socialization
- the guardian
- Up to 90 mins
- Upper-Intermediate
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