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Introduction to Business Top Trumps

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Business Top Trumps: Lesson 7: Networking and small talk
  • 1
    Introduction to Business Top Trumps
  • 2
    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 1: Playing the game
  • 3
    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 2: Company structure
  • 4
    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 3: Company profile
  • 5
    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 4: Situations vacant
  • 6
    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 5: Restructuring
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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 6: Moving premises
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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 7: Networking and small talk
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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 9: Dilemmas
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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 8: Negotiations
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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 10: Setting personal goals
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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 11: Presentations
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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 12: Making proposals
Vocabulary Teaching Materials

Business Top Trumps: Lesson 7: Networking and small talk

By Karen Richardson

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In the seventh lesson to accompany the Business Top Trumps card game, students talk about how to initiate and continue small talk with opening and follow-up questions, discuss a variety of small-talk topics and learn language to introduce a third person into a conversation.

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Topics

  • Adults
  • British English
  • Business / ESP
  • Culture
  • Game
  • Group Work
  • Individuals
  • Integrated Skills
  • Intermediate
  • Mixed Ability
  • Pair Work
  • Pre-Intermediate
  • Printable Worksheet
  • Reading
  • Speaking
  • Up to 60 mins
  • Upper-Intermediate
  • Whole Class
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Introduction to Business Top Trumps

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    Ideally one of the Business Top Trumps cards.

    Introduction to Business Top Trumps

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 1: Playing the game

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 2: Company structure

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 3: Company profile

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 4: Situations vacant

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 5: Restructuring

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 6: Moving premises

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 7: Networking and small talk

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 9: Dilemmas

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 8: Negotiations

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 10: Setting personal goals

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 11: Presentations

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    Business Top Trumps: Lesson 12: Making proposals

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