Small Talk About Travel, Vacations, and Holidays in English
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- Get the right English small talk questions to ask for polite, friendly conversations with coworkers about their holidays or recent travel.
Recently, a student asked me: "Is it polite to ask how was someone’s holiday? Is it a superficial question? Is it okay to be curious about someone’s long weekend and ask about it?”
It certainly is. Holidays and travel are common topics of small talk conversation.
In this Confident English lesson, you’ll learn which questions open the conversation easily and allow you to enjoy small talk in English.
Plus, I share my top tips to feel confident starting and participating in small talk conversations.
Get the full lesson at the Speak Confident English website: www.speakconfidentenglish.com...
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:10 - Questions for small talk about vacation/travel
05:00 - Two keys to successful small talk questions
08:45 - Questions for small talk about holidays
11:30 - Phrases to introduce more personal questions
12:28 - How to feel confident in small talk conversations
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Thank you so much ❤
Great lesson. Thank you!
This was really such a helpful class.
I love your lessons 100% from Longview Texas.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video. It is very helpful for a English speaker!
Thank you Ann Marie, useful and interested lesson, as usual.
Thank you, Youssef!
Thumbs up! Good stuff! I appreciate that. Cheers!
Good job my teacher I really appreciate you keep it up and I proud of you Indeed.
I like your explanation.
Thank you. I like it.
Great topic and timely for sure! Thanks Annemarie ❤
You're very welcome. I'm glad this topic was timely and helpful.
Thank you teacher
I am highly grateful for your useful videos.
Your work reflects your pious mindset for our progress.
Thank you
Thank you for the kind comment and for watching.
Thanks a bunch, Annemarie, it's great
I can't thank you enough.
My pleasure! Thank you for watching.
@@Speakconfidentenglish Pleasure is mine
Thank you❤️
Thank you. Super helpful topic!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching.
I love your class, thank you.
You are so welcome.
Thank you for this lesson, it was very helpful.
Glad to hear that!
Hi, Annemarie.
Happy New Year!! All my best to you in 2023 ! TKS a lot for helping us to improve our English.
You're very welcome, and happy new year to you.
Amazing lesson,just in time. Definitely gonna try some of the phases when I get back to work.
Wonderful!
excellent!!
Appreciate your lectures.Really, you have come up with a new idea in learning of a language.Especially, the method is helpfull for spoken language
Thanks
Thank you for watching. I'm glad my lessons are helpful.
This small talk conversation was amazing and so helpful to speak with English speaking people. I am retired teacher from INDIA and great passion to learn English skills.
Glad it was helpful!
❤thanks! 🎉
My pleasure, Marichui! 💜
thanks alots ;it was really amazing and helpful;waiting for more
Glad you liked it.
Hope your holidays were great! Happy 2023!
Thank you. I hope you enjoyed the holidays as well.
Even though I've tried several methods, shadowing has proved vital for improving your skills in spoken English. However, we strongly recommend a total immersion in English.
It was amazing
Very helpful training, Annemarie. Thank you!
I usually ask "How did you spend your days off?" OR "Did you enjoy these days? Did you manage to relax and rest?"
Hi Mary! All of the examples you've shared are fantastic options.
Hi, Annemarie.
Happy New Year!!
I am so glad to see you again in the New Year.
I would like to learn many things from your cool teaching this year.
Thanks for watching. If you have a specific topic, please let me know. I'm currently planning my lessons for the year ahead.
Happy new year to you, @gatsby903. I truly appreciate your kind comment and that you watch my lessons.
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Thanks a lot for your kind comments
I have some interest in philosophy.
I expect you to talk a lot about shallow philosophy, not deep one because
humans are always wondering what life is or how meaningful and significant it is.
That’s so complicated and so frustrating, why asking if you’re have no interest?? I’ve learned my lesson, now when someone asks me about my whereabouts, I respond with a “ good, thanks for asking”. However, it’s good to learn those small talk tips so that I won’t be disappointed when someone walks away while I’m still giving details. I’m a talkative person, so needless to say that happens to me very often. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, Anne Marie. Happy new year 🎊🎈🎆
I agree. It's frustrating when people ask if they have no interest. Sometimes it may be out of an effort to be polite or perhaps someone who struggles to carry on conversations. It sounds like you have a great response to common questions and might also be prepared to keep the conversation going with those who want to know more.
For me was very interesting topic, because recently I've arrived my vacation and this small talks are very common with friend of mine. Many thanks Annemarie
Perfect timing!
Happy new year to you
Same to you.
how’s eeverything going?. brother, you shared super uploading! have a good day-🖖
In my country is common talking about personal matters, but sometimes I think that is a little bit invasive, some exaggerate in their questions in my humble opinion.
Its outlook pretty XYZ. It may have been engendered controversy but it helps the development of exist.
thank you for the great video. could you share the link？ thank you！
You can share the link by clinking the share button below the video.
Small talk conversations are amazing. However, we need to practice a lot of you want mastry on the language.
I usually ask the very simple question “how was your trip to xyz place?”
This lesson is so great and right at the time for everyone is coming back from holidays! Thank you!
That is a perfect question to ask. I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson.
Enjoyed a lot.
Hey ma'am could you make a video on how to effectively shadow for faster results
Thank you for the suggestion. I'll certain add this as a future lesson.
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In Brazil it's very common, curiosity and gossiping culture is all over the country hahahaha
I would love to hear more about how to answer when people ask me how my vacation was. It's a tricky question because I don't know how much details to say
Great question! I advise students to provide detailed but brief statements. For determining important details, ask yourself some key questions. Where did you go? What was a highlight? Would you recommend it to others?
When you offer a detailed response it does 2 things:
1. It shows you're willing to share and enjoying talking about your travel experience.
2. It makes it easy for others to ask follow-up questions to more information.
@@Speakconfidentenglish Thank you so much! I tend to give too many details. I will try to focus on a highlights and what I would recommend to others.
I would LOVE to see a future video on how to hear more about how to answer this question. Everytime I come back from vacation, I always struggle to answer "How was your vacation?"
Thank you. I will certainly add this topic to my list for future lessons.
I’m watching this as an ESL teacher and thought you might like to know that there are typos at the 2 comments at 8:00 and shortly thereafter. (Maybe you corrected it already and I haven’t seen it yet because I haven’t refreshed the video yet. )
We did see that! 😊 Thank you for the note.
please put on the Subtitle
how can i join with you
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The problem is I can't explain for long time for that 😂 Im not that good at explaining something
I hope every one In the workplace do their own work. And stop talk about fake dream, fake expectations. Fake interest on your coworker. We want to be friendly to every one. But I hope we can keep our energy from all these.
"Return the question back"?!
I’m not a small talk person… hate it