Introductions, Small Talk and Networking: guided B1 practice

The practical change this module makes

Introductions, Small Talk and Networking is organised around a workplace decision, not a list of phrases. The first lesson addresses this need: Can deliver a structured one-minute introduction of role and company (the BEC mini-presentation shape). The final task checks this combined result: Quiz at 80 percent plus the speaking scenario. Practise with invented but realistic details, then adapt the language to your own authority, channel and relationship.

Level: B1. This module contains 4 connected lessons. Follow the order when the topic is new, or use the lesson map to repair one specific gap.

The lesson map

What useful practice looks like

• The One-Minute Professional Self-Introduction: Can deliver a structured one-minute introduction of role and company (the BEC mini-presentation shape).
• Small Talk at Work: Openers, Safe Topics, Exits: Can open, sustain and politely exit a short workplace conversation.
• After You Meet Someone: The Follow-Up Message: Can write a natural next-day follow-up message that earns a reply.

Use true information where possible. A sentence about your own routine, work or plans is easier to remember than a sentence copied from a model.

A study routine for Introductions, Small Talk and Networking

1. Read the outcome for The One-Minute Professional Self-Introduction before the examples.
2. Say or write one model, then change at least two details.
3. Complete the quiz before opening its answer panels.
4. Use the module checkpoint to produce Checkpoint: Can You Work a Room in English? independently.
5. Return only to the lesson that matches the error you found.

How the lessons work together

Introductions, Small Talk and Networking is a sequence, not a folder of unrelated pages. The One-Minute Professional Self-Introduction establishes the first usable move. Later lessons add control, choice and time pressure. Checkpoint: Can You Work a Room in English? asks you to combine the module without copying an answer.

• The One-Minute Professional Self-Introduction: Can deliver a structured one-minute introduction of role and company (the BEC mini-presentation shape)
• Small Talk at Work: Openers, Safe Topics, Exits: Can open, sustain and politely exit a short workplace conversation
• After You Meet Someone: The Follow-Up Message: Can write a natural next-day follow-up message that earns a reply
• Checkpoint: Can You Work a Room in English?: Quiz at 80 percent plus the speaking scenario

Keep one piece of evidence from the first lesson and improve the same piece at the checkpoint. That comparison shows more than a quiz score because it records what changed in your own language.

Use Introductions, Small Talk and Networking beyond the course

After the checkpoint, change one variable: the listener, purpose, channel or time pressure. Keep the central meaning from After You Meet Someone: The Follow-Up Message while adapting the delivery. This shows whether the language is available outside the model.

If the result becomes unclear, compare it with the outcome for the exact lesson involved. Correct that gap instead of restarting unrelated work.

Start or continue the module

Your progress is saved on this device only.

1. 1The One-Minute Professional Self-Introduction21 min, Not complete
2. 2Small Talk at Work: Openers, Safe Topics, Exits22 min, Not complete
3. 3After You Meet Someone: The Follow-Up Message20 min, Not complete
4. 4Checkpoint: Can You Work a Room in English?21 min, Not complete

How to know you are ready to continue

Do not judge readiness by reading speed. You are ready when you can complete the checkpoint task with a clear message, understandable language and no copied answer. A small number of errors is normal at B1; errors should not hide your meaning.

If the checkpoint is difficult, repeat the lesson whose outcome matches the problem. That is faster than restarting the whole module.