Period5:CULTURALCORNER—TheAAAObjectives●ToreadtoknowmoreabouttheAAAmodelforsmalltalkProcedures▇BeforeyoureadPleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling
Whileyouread▇Cut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives
TheAAAItisestimated/that80%ofallconversation/inEnglish/issmalltalk
Averyimportantfunctionofsmalltalkistoestablisharelationship/betweenpeople/whodon'tknoweachother/verywell,ordon'tknoweachother/atall
Psychologistssaythatthemostsuccessfulformula/forsmalltalk/betweenpeople/likethis/istheAAAmodel
AA=answer,addandask:Thisishowitworks
Imagineasituation/wheretwostrangersaretalkingtoeachother/aftersomeone/theybothknow/haslefttheroom,orthecafé