UJM English Week! |
Meeting People and Getting to Know Each Other [Advanced Course]
Warm-up | Introducing Yourselves: Prepositions
Professional
- I work ____ a receptionist at a hotel chain.
- What I'm in charge ____ is coordinating sales teams across the region.
- The main areas I'm responsible ___ are planning and budgeting.
- The area which I specialise ____ is workplace motivation.
- My job consists ____ advising businesses and organisations on employment law.
- What happens is, I deal ____ after-sales enquiries.
- I'm engaged ____ the protection of the environment.
Personal
- I live ____ Saint-Etienne.
- I'm passionate ____ hiking in the mountains
- I volunteer ____ a local animal shelter.
- I'm interested ____ photography.
- I participate ____ marathons around France.
- I'm involved ____ the organisation of community events.
How do you usually meet new people?
Online or on Social Media like LinkedIn
Attend community events
Volunteering
On professional training courses
While travelling
Through a shared hobby
In libraries and other public / third spaces
Common barriers why people don't meet new people
Too much work
Family commitments are more important
Social media replacing face-to-face interactions
Already having a social circle / Not wanting to get out of comfort zone
Feeling prejudices towards age or cultural differences.
Fear of rejection or humiliation / cliques
Opportunities / Structures not existing
Two minutes:
Which are the most difficult to overcome?
Too much work
Family commitments are more important
Social media replacing face-to-face interactions
Already having a social circle / Not wanting to get out of comfort zone
Feeling prejudices towards age or cultural differences.
Fear of rejection or humiliation / cliques
Opportunities / Structures not existing
Adding Emphasis and Interest | Cleft Sentences
Focus attention on or emphasize one part of the sentence. Put it at the start, ...
Presenting a product?
Example Variations. "This feature enables X"
- What this feature enables is X.
- What this feature does is it enables X.
- And what happens with this feature is it enables X
- The functionality this feature enables is X
- It's X which is enabled with this feature
Presenting an interest?
Example Variations. "I like doing X in my free time."
- What I like doing is X in my free time.
- It's X that I like doing in my free time
- The thing I really like doing in my free time is X, ...
Speaking Practice | Mundane topics
- "Terrible weather, isn't it?"
- Are you interested in any sports?
- Are you going anywhere interesting this year?
- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- How long have you worked at your company?
- Do you think going on holiday is a good way to meet new people?
- So are you a fan of sushi?
- "Men!"
UJM English Week! |
Socialising and Small Talk
Discussion | Social Etiquette and English
- When do you need to use English in your job? Do you use it for networking / meeting new people?
- Who are you speaking to? Natives or non-natives? Who is easier to understand?
- Is it your motivation for being here today?
- What topics do you talk about?
- In the UK, is it OK/normal to:
- talk about money / salary?
- say please and thank you to the bus driver?
- arrive 1 minute late?
- not wait in line?
- speak loudly and debate in public?
- tip in restaurants?
- hug, kiss or touch colleagues/clients?
- stand 2m apart?
- ask a visitor if they would like a tea before they leave?
- ask "can I open the window"?
- make small talk?
Warm-up | Meeting Visitors
- see / nice / again / you / to
- bags / help / your / I / can / with / ?
- trouble / us/ you / did / any / have / finding / ?
- drink / you / to / like / would / something / ?
- introduce / like / Suzanne / you / I / to / would / to
- Heather / is / this
- pleasure / meet / is / a / to / it / you
Cultural reference:
Would you like a tea?
Warm-up | Small-Talk
Warm-up | A few Networking Expressions
Grammar | Reported Speech
Changes in tenses
Imperatives and requests
Questionnaire | Are you an effective networker?
