Workshop "Are You Good at Small Talk?"

In this workshop we will look at one of the essential cultural features of English communication – small talk. We will speak about situations when it is necessary to keep it up, possible topics for discussion and ideas that can help you start the conversation. Apart from speaking, communication involves listening to and interacting with the speaker, which could also appear challenging. How do we show that we are following? How do we manifest our interest and respond to what is being said without interfering? We will look at different strategies of effective listening and practice them in a number of situations along with small talk.

Tutor: Tatiana Golechkova is an assistant professor at the English Department for Economic and Mathematical Disciplines at HSE. She is a Cambridge Delta-qualified EFL teacher with broad experience in teaching academic writing and speaking to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as academics. Her areas of special interest include strategies for efficient presentation and communication, genre features and sociocultural peculiarities of English academic texts.

Time: May 30, Wednesday, 6.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
Location: Myasnitskaya 20, Room 124
Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/HqUuDETPZU9iXY9l1
Registration deadline: 29.05.2018