International Negotiations

Extension activity

Trainees make a list of the safe and risky topics mentioned in the commentary.

Answers

Safe topics 

Risky topics

weather 

families

food 

relationships

sport 

the local economy

interests 

politics

places you know 

the news

talking shop 

sex and religion

the global economy 

local customs, traditions, conflicts

2 

 1.08–1.09 

Go through the eight topics quickly with the class to elicit some possible 

questions for each topic. Then play the recordings for trainees to complete the task. They 

compare their answers in pairs and then feed back to the class.

3 

Trainees discuss in pairs what was said about each word or phrase. Play the recordings a 

second time for them to check. They check again in pairs before feeding back to the class. 

Finally, go through the answers with the class.