How to Master Small Talk in English with 3 Simple Rules

[@ruthuriostegui1690]

I’ve been watching your videos for about two weeks and I love them all! you have the best polite, educated and smartest ways to say almost anything and of course you have the perfect voice for it! Thank you so much for your time and effort you seriously help people with all your topics and advices and you talk about many situations that I’ve found myself in through my english learning journey! I follow many different fluency guides on KZbin and you definitely are the best one of all! God bless you 😊

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Ruth, thanks for the kind comment and welcome to my channel. 😃

[@cataluniadreaming]

Agreed!!

[@YankaZabka]

After browsing through English KZbin content, it's truly a relief to hear such well-constructed, grammatically correct, and pleasant speech. Thank you for your lessons!

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching. 😀

[@רבקהכהנא-ו5ע]

Thanks so much for your wonderful and useful tips. My way is a general "Let people talk about themselves and listen to them wholeheartedly!" In our era, people yearn for a listening ear. This has never failed me:) I listen carefully and ask other questions based on what they've just told me. (I start by commenting positively about things such as (learned it from you:) the lovely food at the wedding reception/How beautiful her jewelry is (she'll tell me how/when/where she got it) How wonderful it is to see her again, it's been awhile (she'll surely explain what has kept her busy). I'm constantly looking for a cue what she is keen to tell me about herself. We're both happy! She is happy to be talking about herself and I'm just happy she is doing most of the talking:) (in whichever language we use). I'm sure your excellent, well-presented strategies will make my small talk episodes more sensational and less perplexing!!

[@sabermelhor5364]

I’ve found your you tube channel this week and I’m really impressed. You are just perfect. Your voice, the way you gesticule, your appearance, the scenario, your confidence ...everything makes your lessons so pleasant. I’ve been watching really very good channels, but, so far, you are the best.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Saber, thanks for the comments. I really appreciate it and I"m happy to know that my lessons are helpful for you. I wish you much continued success with your English efforts.

[@kasthuribalakrishnan2710]

Often I struggle in having small talk with strangers. Thank you annemarie for this lesson. You are like a life coach

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You are so welcome!

[@mohammadidrees357]

Anne, you are the best & awesome ambassador for the English language & culture !

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Wow, thank you!

[@mustaphanouhi5696]

Great lesson, Thank you ! My favorite small top question is: "If you can travel anywhere, where would you go ? " Ther'is my tip for you guys: Don't judge people and listen !

[@thilakasirispathiranage9981]

Thanks. Appreciate it. I'm trying to improve my memory and scrub out all of my bad memories.

[@foziajutt5117]

Absolutely amazing information thnks Mam u r great

[@irenemugah8147]

Thanks Annmarie, you are a wonderful teacher to me and others

[@YeYeD4803]

I love your pronunciation, I like see your videos an I feel I am improving my english level doing it.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thanks for the comment, Yelicza, and I'm glad the lessons are helpful to you.

[@mariuszsroka7245]

I enjoy watching your lessons with pleasure

[@successfultoday1580]

you are great teacher..i like your tropic every things ..i can understand your tropic .i felt confident myself ..thanks a lot ..

[@afrahalmusawi1309]

big thanks dear 🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@sumitabasu2297]

Small talks became music not words... they make a mood match. Before opening mouth , takes a voice of listener which can be a sample for understanding of our listener's state of mind. It also makes a skill R technique to help you melt every one's hearts.

[@mariamyaka6363]

You're the bestest 💓 thanks a lot 🙏

[@prasadgundelli1648]

I've been watching Ur videos for about one week.. it's really more useful to me. the way of explaining is so polite and Ur voice is attracting me to see more ..I am really happy to see Ur videos it Will definitely useful for me to improve my fluent English conversation.so glad to see your videos..Ur efforts towards us who trying to get fluent English conversation will definitely keep us best... Thank you for ur valuable time n passing Ur knowledge to us.keep up doing more videos.

[@danielandolini8161]

I like so much , I am learning every day with Anne Marie, many thanks for share this advices!!!

[@niksclassroom1891]

Recently I have started watching your vedios. those vedios are very useful to me for learning English. thank you a lot.

[@sabinaslmn36]

Thanks for Good advice and building confidence

[@abdelilahbensoussi396]

Thanks for your precious advices

[@happypuppet1107]

I love your video!

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thank you.

[@mimibuk5007]

You are great teacher hope success in the rest of your life

[@QuyenTran-qv8mk]

Hi Annemaria, I like all your videos,, everything you say that sound very familiar to me, especially your voice and speech are very clear and perfect. Thank you very much!

[@hamedamanzadeh7250]

Thanks for these useful & practical rules. Your lessons are fantastic.

[@DineshSinghNegiblog]

I like your all videos and I m learning speaking English thanks

[@koteza3744]

Hi how are you doing? To be honest, I just knew you as great online contributor or teacher. I think it it pretty late to know you. I will not miss further more teaching episodes. Thanks for sharing is caring 😍

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thanks for watching!

[@greenshades_lyh_8890]

You articulated English very clearly so I can easily follow you. Your tips are helpful.^^ Thank you. I'm thinking I can use this as a shadowing material. Anyway I appreciate your teaching on English~^^

[@salahalrifawi9177]

Good job our teacher

[@crazywolf-u7s]

I liked these small talk ideas

[@englishspeakingacademy4212]

Wonderful teaching technique you have madam...i appraciate your efforts..thank u for spending your precious time for us..i have been watching for a week..i hope i will improve...

[@dmitrykoksharov]

Thank you very much for your great work and great knowledges!

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Glad it was helpful.

[@dinouk4195]

Very helpful advices , nice way to approach a small conversation clever techniques to lead a smooth easy powerful with a confident talk .

[@hamedabumusab2244]

Thank you alot my teacher ❤️

[@rayyanandsiblingsvlogs8854]

I’m in love the way you speak. Top-notch

[@pbbhosale9]

I like your video and way you teach us ... Thank you and God give you more what you want to achieve in your life.

[@thomaszheng7547]

Hi Annemarie, My favorite questions is what is your favorite book you have read recently? What is summery about the book? Do you like it ? Why do you like it?

[@gillesevensson9879]

One of the best

[@QUICHE45]

I often studying English in youtube videos. Your videos are great unique and very helpful.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thank you for watching. I'm glad they're helpful.

[@yogeshwaryrajakulendran9481]

This is really useful for me I will follow this in future thanks

[@xluzhan5176]

nice techer perfect lession

[@ma.cristinaacruz1266]

Great video. Very helpful.

[@listenspeechesinenglish8444]

I love your lesson's

[@raulvillalta3196]

HI, I really like to talk about bussines, thank your videos they're so helpful!!!

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Awesome. I'm glad to hear that, Raul.

[@badre5265]

I enjoy all your videos, you’re great thanks so much ❤️

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thanks!!

[@mohamadgohar72]

Perfect

[@thinleythokmey6129]

I like your teaching i am from Bhutan

[@nabilmilamila5068]

Thanks a lot

[@guodongwang2877]

good lesson, thanks

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thanks!

[@ucid6893]

Thanks

[@thinleythinley614]

Thanks, I am from Bhutan

[@ezequielabarca1983]

Hi..you're a nice teacher. Im watching you, i like too see your videos. You motivete me to learn more english.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Awesome! I wish you much success in your English efforts.

[@ezequielabarca1983]

@@Speakconfidentenglish thank you . beautiful teacher for wishing me succes.

[@mohamadgohar72]

I appreciate

[@ramyrami8298]

Thank you very much

[@lalthazuala5205]

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[@Vinodkumar-cr5gx]

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[@sundayrex2941]

Thank you very much for the training, I really want to have more of it. And be a conversationalist. Give a great first impression. Do you have some PDF copy of this lessons?

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You're welcome. You can get the full lesson at www.speakconfidentenglish.com...

[@yalcnbatalay7185]

hello,annamaria, all these are useful for us

[@uzsid0880]

Simply superb 🌺

[@parisanazemi]

That was really usefull thanks a lot❤

[@hasanemami9513]

Hi, My favorite question is that what special something you'd do on this weekend? I have a problem and that's I live in none spoken country, so I don't have someone to speak English with him. So, I couldn't improve my speaking as much as I want.

[@shanjohn2455]

Gracias senora

[@gonzalezrosario5471]

I think, the clow is the context in which you are in this moment. Place and people.

[@kellymejia8705]

Great and useful video

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thanks so much, Kelly. I'm glad it was useful to you!

[@annieabraham9390]

Great lessons Annie For a short talk, I would like to suggest the topic.. "Which is your favourite holiday destination?"

[@learnenglishwithnazim675]

Superb

[@C901-r8i]

One of my fav questions: Where are you from? "Dallas, Texas"oh nice tell me about Dallas.

[@itry09]

The smal talk I prefer to start the conversation is : what's the action you did recently that made you so proud of yourself ?

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

This is a fantastic question. 😀

[@itry09]

@@Speakconfidentenglish thank you so much 🤍

[@chelin7023]

Because USA is a country of immigrants, I found that people like to talk about their cultural/ethnic background and specifically when their families came to establish themselves in this country. From that point, the subject is limitless and very interesting. So, my small talk question is something like “ How long have you lived in Florida?” and the response triggers all the other questions and answers.

[@mie-6814]

Annemarie, thank you for the lesson and the plethora of small talk questions. I want to share with you that I used your favorite small talk question twice yesterday. The first person was really into talking and it was awesome to listened the excitement in the her voice while sharing what she had done. However, I used the same question with another person, but this time she responded, well nothing really interesting just same old same old, I don’t do nothing exciting. I’m very simple, perhaps even boring. May I ask you. How would you have handled that situation? What would you have said next? Thank you

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Mie, thanks for the comment and question. I'm glad to know this lesson helped you to have a successful conversation. With the second situation, it's difficult to know why someone might respond in that way. Perhaps they just didn't want to answer the question or maybe they're in a time of life when they don't have a lot of free time. In responding, you could offer a comment that allows for the conversation to shift to a new topic. For example, "Sometimes our lives are so busy that we need to have the free time for the same old, same old. That can be really comforting. Do you have a go-to movie, book, or blog you love to read?" This avoids any judgement and keeps the conversation moving along.

[@mie-6814]

​@@Speakconfidentenglish Thank you, Annemarie for going through all that trouble to reply back. I felt for a moment that I was in a pickle. Thank you for the insightful example, I will write it down and practice it so that I will be more suited when I encountered with similar situation. 🤗💐 PS: I used your favorite question a couple of times while I was on vacation and it is an absolutely hit 🔥♥

[@pedrodomingos5250]

I fancy all those rules.

[@kurnygina]

This is the small talk I have to face every day: I notice you have an accent, where are you from, if you don’t mind me asking? Well...welcome! It’s very cold there! Do you like Vladimir? Do you like it here or there better? Do you want to go back or stay here? Good luck! P.s. one day I will record my answers and just play the record for them.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Great examples of common questions, Daria.

[@radsyan8395]

As i work abroad i commonly start small talk by asking "hi how long have you been here in ________ . How do you find your stay here in ________? What are the places you have visited already?

[@idrissa1208]

Great

[@joseluischiquito5891]

Your videos are almost perfect, all they need is an adjustment to the audio a bit.

[@ivanazamucen7428]

This is a wonderful leson but what do you do with the answer?

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Ivana, can you clarify your question?

[@dishasha6393]

Hi Annemarie, so my favourite small talk question is whats your hobbies? what something interesting you've seen recently?

[@AliAFarsi]

Dear Annamarie, First in recent wee one of my college fellowship who is living in the USA for about 40 Years asked me to plant some walnut tree on behalf of him in the routes which I usually hike and I started to prepare the ten walnuts I would plant this week. Second: I am interested to ask Nowadays how life is going for you?

[@PedrinhoPSG]

Hi! from Brasil...I have some question for you. Where are you from?Because I can understand you easily. Is the English your first language? And finally you're so beautiful.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

I'm from the U.S.

[@rink8946]

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[@rizalinaalemania9845]

I love asking... in your present work now, what is the most interesting thing that you have done ? Its definetely small talk that i love to ask if i have the chance to chat with a new found friend..

[@sofiazigmund5017]

You need to listen to your small talk partner attentively and be really interested in answers. It helps any person to open and make a first step to a possible friendship

[@foxtrotbravo1744]

"What's something interesting .... " is not necessarily a good way to start small talk because it puts the person on the spot to come up with something that they think you will find interesting too. It puts the ball in the other person's court and is too forward. It may be interpreted as "Hey, impress me if you can". That may be appropriate after a few short thoughts are shared and common vibe is established, but not to start. Just my opinion.

[@ItsViolaRose]

You’re right, I think. It’s really hard to suddenly think of something.

[@remediossantos9847]

What 's keeping you busy these days?

[@naszgarbow5627]

Can we do small talks about Yoga?

[@aatali2001]

My favourite question especially in Office is " Busy day Huh?"

[@mohamadgohar72]

It is better to say questions only after explain as a dialogue

[@word20]

If you are in Europe you will notice that Europeans is taking about politics and religion, they also do it in UK. You can see it at speakers corner in London here on youtube

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

We talk about those subjects in the U.S. too, but not part of small talk. Small talk is polite, unimportant conversation with people we don't know well.

[@thoailam5530]

Thank AnneMarie for this topic which is very helpful for me to enhance my English Speaking and connect with people in small talk. If i have a change to meet you in person, my small talk's questions to ask you are: What country are you leaving ? How your English is so good and perfect speaking. Where did you learn your English ? Have a very good day.

[@investjournal]

God does exist - he showed me the way to your channel. I'm adding videos to "watch later" list as I'm listening about small talk do's and dont's.

[@AnabelCampom]

What is something interesting that you seen read recently What is your favorite tip you have

[@elliefote4519]

1. What have you been up to?

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Great small talk question.

[@josephsnisky1851]

Anne has eyes that look overjoyed.

[@tadykshmit5472]

Hi. Is it your dinner on the shelf?

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

I'm not sure I know what you mean. I definitely don't have any food or dinner in my office. 🙂

[@tadykshmit5472]

@@Speakconfidentenglish Sorry it's not my business. I only saw some plate but It is certainly decoration. Thanks for interesting lessons. Take care

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Don't be sorry at all. I thought it was funny... I had never thought that it might look like a dinner plate. 😄

[@nandanmandal1775]

What is the way to improve writing skill please

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Nandan, I focus on speaking skills at Speak Confident English.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Nandan, I focus on speaking skills at Speak Confident English.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Nandan, I focus on speaking skills at Speak Confident English.

[@Franklin-dk1fr]

I just say " how's it going?" And most people won't shut up long enough for you To say anything even if you had something to say. Just resist the urge to tell them something about your opinion cause they mostly don't care

[@mohamadgohar72]

What is the answer of What is the project going ?

[@kangxing100]

Always asking about the weather

[@thilakasirispathiranage9981]

Now my favorite question is "are you working on anything interesting right now"?

[@giuseppezedde4553]

You are as good as you are charming!