Speak Confident English Small Talk at Work: Three Types of Questions
Speak Confident English Small Talk at Work: Three Types of Questions presents three ways to open a conversation with a colleague: a compliment followed by a connected question, an open question that invites more than one word, and a request for advice or an opinion. Annemarie Fowler, the teacher behind Speak Confident English, works through each one with example exchanges, in a video and in a full written transcript.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The lesson gives three question types for small talk at work, each with example exchanges: a compliment joined to a question, an open question that cannot be answered in one word, and a request for advice or an opinion. A video presents them and the full transcript follows underneath, with short dialogues showing how a closed question is turned into an open one.
You can watch the video for the three question types, then read the transcript for the exact wording of each example. The pairs of weaker and stronger questions show you what to change in your own: a question that invites a one-word answer becomes one that asks what somebody likes about a place or a job. Choose one of the three types before your next conversation at work and keep two questions ready.
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