It’s Monday. You want to start the lesson with a bit of small talk, but here we go again: “How was your weekend?” You ask, your student answers and… that's pretty much it. You get the usual:
Good, thanks.
I didn’t really do much.
And now what? You don't want to turn a bit of Monday small talk into an interview, but you'd also like to get more than a one-sentence answer! Sometimes all it takes is asking a slightly different question.
Here are 10 ideas to help you get the conversation going next Monday.