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Hello, I'm Emma from mmmEnglish.

This video is perfect for intermediate to advanced English learners who want to improve their conversation skills.

I'm going to share the exact phrases and expressions

that are used during small talk and if you're wondering what is small talk again?

It's polite conversation about unimportant everyday topics

but it really helps you to connect with other people and to get them to trust you and to like you.

Knowing how to do small talk is essential in social situations

but it's also incredibly important in professional situations as well when you're getting to know your colleagues,

when you are building rapport with your customers and your clients,

when you're meeting new people at networking events or at conferences, it's so useful.

So I'm going to share the exact questions and phrases

that you need to keep your small talk and your English conversations going.

Small talk is such a big part of the English language and of English culture generally.

We really like to ease into conversations with a little bit

of small talk first rather than dive straight into something deeper and meaningful.

I know that for some of you, native speakers and non -native speakers alike,

this situation, small talk, can create a little bit of anxiety.

What am I going to say?

What am I going to talk about?

How am I going to finish the conversation and leave?

It's nerve -wracking but don't worry, we're going to get lots of practice today.

I just want to take a few seconds here to give

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The first thing we need to do is start the conversation.

We need to create the opportunity for small talk

and did you know that there are some better ways to ask how are you

and this is going to blow your mind,

good and fine are not the only ways to respond to that question so when someone asks you how are you,

you can try responding with I've been keeping busy.

It's a really good, really neutral answer.

It indicates that you've had a lot of things going on in life

but you don't need to go into all the detail about it.

It's just kind of like I've been busy

but you could also say not bad thanks

and of course then we need to pass the conversation back but instead of just asking how are you,

try how's it going with you?

This is very informal, very relaxed and casual or what have you been up to lately?

So this question is asking for a little bit more detail so it's a bit more genuine.

You can ask it if you really want to find out what have you been doing lately?

What's been going on?

And if someone asks you this question all you need to do is listen for the grammar

that they used and reflect it back in your answer

so you would respond using the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.

I've been busy training the new marketing manager or

if you want to avoid this question altogether and just move the conversation on to something else, you can say nothing special, how about you?

You might want to ask something a little more specific especially if you're talking to someone that you know.

You can ask them something about their life using how is So you can say how's work going?

How's your family?

How's uni?

How's university?

And this is really great because you're showing an interest in them.

You could ask them about something you know that they've done recently by asking with how was?

How was your trip to Portugal?

How was the exam?

All you have to do is switch out the noun at the end to complete the question.

Really easy, right?

So another really common setting for small talk is in the office.

So what are some of these advanced useful phrases for making conversation in English at work?

A really great strategy for small talk generally but especially at work is to look for common ground.

When you find something in common with the person that you're talking to, you'll see that making conversation becomes easier because you have this shared interest,

it's something that you both want to talk about but the tricky part is finding that common ground in the first place.

So first try talking about work with your colleagues.

I can't believe how busy we are today, can you?

And their response could be, I know we're really under the pump.

That is an Australian phrase that describes when you're feeling a lot of pressure and it's quite a difficult situation

like when you're at work, being busy at work, you're under the pump.

You could also say I know I've been flat out all week

but if the opposite is true and it's actually been quite quiet, you could say yeah it's been dead hasn't it?

So dead in this expression means quiet, not busy, There's nothing to do.

And of course at work, you can always start somewhere simple and just say, how's your day been?

Or how's your week been?

And to respond, you'd say, it's been long, it's been busy,

it's been hectic or it's flown by which means it's gone quickly or simply say,

my week's been great so far, thanks.

Now when you're answering a question like this, don't forget to follow up with how about you?

This is going to keep the conversation going and you can just tack

that question onto the end of almost any sentence just to keep that back and forth happening for a little longer,

keep things going, pass the conversation back.

If you work at a bigger company, you might find yourself in the staff room at lunchtime heating up your lunch in the microwave

and there's a colleague there that you don't know, you've never met them before?

What could you ask?

How long have you worked here?

I don't think I've seen you around.

If you find out they're new, you can follow up with what did you do before this?

Or if they've been at the company for a while, you could say what are you working on at the moment?

Probably the most iconic small talk topic is the weather.

People love talking about the weather, whether it's bad, whether it's good,

it's an easy and surefire way to start a conversation to get it going.

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You could start just by saying it's a beautiful day isn't it?

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Can you believe all the rain we've been having?

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It's awful.

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You can talk about current or future weather as well.

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Oh it looks like it's going to snow.

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The weather's not looking great this weekend.

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Do you have any plans?

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this is a great way to transition your conversation from the weather to the weekend.

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If you're talking with someone in a zoom meeting

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or over the phone you could say how's the weather where you are

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or you could even add a little comment like is it cold?

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I've heard it's been really chilly and

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if there's been some unusual weather like a heat wave or a cold snap or some wild storms that's even better.

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You could say something like, How's this weather?

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It's been wild, I've never seen anything like it before.

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Asking about free time and hobbies is another really great strategy so you could start by asking about the weekend.

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Have you got much planned for the weekend?

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So here when I say the weekend, I'm asking about the weekend coming up, the closest one in the future, the next weekend.

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But you can ask about the one that's just finished by saying what did you get up to over the weekend?

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To ask about someone's interests or their hobbies, you could say so what do you usually do in your spare time?

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But you need to make sure that you're listening and that you follow up to show your interest as well.

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You know you could say oh I don't know anything about archery, where do you do that?

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Or really tell me more about it.

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Another idea is to ask about a recent experience And to do that,

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of course, we need to use a good old -fashioned question in the present perfect tense.

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So start with have you and then add on just about any activity that you can think of.

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Have you read any good books lately?

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So have you seen any good movies lately?

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Have you tried that new restaurant down by the beach?

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Awesome work!

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You have just learned more than 30 great phrases and expressions that are useful in small talk conversations in English.

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So what's the best way to practise and remember them?

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Of course it's to practise using them in English conversations.

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If you have a speaking partner or maybe a study group like lots of members inside the Hey Lady community do,

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it is the perfect way to practice small talk conversations.

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It's casual, informal chit -chat.

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So make sure you grab the PDF that I created for you.

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It includes all of the phrases and the expressions

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that you learned today and start by marking off all the ones that you already know.

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Sweet, you've got those, right?

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But then go back through and pick out a few

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that are useful and relevant for you and by

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that I mean ones that you can see yourself using in a particular situation in your life

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so focus on those ones don't try

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and learn all of them at once choose five to eight that's perfect

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but if you don't have a speaking partner or maybe you don't feel

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so comfortable speaking in English and having small talk conversations yet you can still practise by writing your dialogues,

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writing down the conversation between you and someone else.

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That is also practise.

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You can practise thinking about the phrases you're going to use and then rehearse it out loud, speaking to yourself in the mirror or wherever else you want to practise

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and then take every opportunity after that to start stepping out of your comfort zone

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and practising in actual conversations wherever you are in life in an online class, in your local corner shop,

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maybe with your colleagues at work, in the elevator at your apartment, wherever you get to bump into someone,

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practise these little useful phrases and I promise you with time it will become easier and you'll start to really enjoy it.

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Thank you for joining me today.

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If you like this lesson, make sure you give it a like.

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I've got new English lessons coming out for you every week

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so make sure you subscribe and I will see you in the next one.

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この動画がスピーキング練習に最適な理由

中級～上級者向けの「日常会話フレーズ」動画は、英語スピーキング練習にぴったりです。小さな会話（スモールトーク）の重要性を説明しながら、実際に使えるフレーズを具体的に紹介してくれます。職場や社交場で必要な「人とつながる技術」を学べるだけでなく、自然な会話の流れを体得できるのがポイント。緊張しながら「何を言えばいい？」と悩む人には、安心して練習できる内容です。

自然な表現を分解してみよう

動画の中から3つのフレーズを取り上げ、なぜ自然なのか見てみましょう。

「I've been keeping busy.」：「忙しい」という意味ですが、「good/fine」よりも具体的で、詳しく説明しなくても済む中立的な答え。日常会話でよく使われ、相手にも話しかけやすいフレーズです。
「How's it going with you?」：「How are you?」のよりカジュアルな言い方。仲間同士や親しい人との会話で使え、「最近どう？」というニュアンスで、会話を進めやすくします。
「What have you been up to lately?」：「最近何してる？」という意味で、相手の生活に興味を示す質問。現在完了形を使うことで、「最近の状況」を聞くので、より真摯な印象を与えます。

これらのフレーズは、文法的にも自然で、shadow speech（シャドーイング）の練習に最適です。

簡単な練習ルーティン：リピート&レコード

効果的な練習方法を紹介します。まず、動画を10秒ずつ再生し、shadow speak（即時模倣）をしましょう。発音やイントネーション、リズムを真似ることで、自然な会話ができるようになります。次に、自分でフレーズを言って録音し、動画と比べてみます。「どこが違う？」という点を確認しながら繰り返すと、短期間で進歩が見られます。1日10分、3日続ければ、「スモールトークが怖くない」と感じるはずです。

この動画を使って、shadowspeakの練習を続ければ、日常会話がスムーズになり、人とのつながりも深まります。ぜひ挑戦してみてください！

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話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型	動画での表現
現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作	I've been keeping · have you been doing · What's been going
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	haven't heard · I've put · you've had

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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この動画がスピーキング練習に最適な理由

自然な表現を分解してみよう

簡単な練習ルーティン：リピート&レコード

この動画の文法

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由