Do we need lessons in small talk? A business school in the USA is making its students take lessons in how to talk to others. Some worry it is an art we are quickly forgetting.
Business school adds chitchat to the curriculum
Talk the talk: Universities are introducing activities to teach young adults how to communicate. Glossary
Earthquake - The shaking of the surface of the Earth after a sudden burst of energy at a tectonic plate boundary.
Experts - Someone who knows a lot about a particular subject.
Small talk - Polite conversation about unimportant things. Also known as chitchat.
Michigan - A state in the northern USA.
Pandemic - An outbreak of disease which occurs across a wide geographic area, as opposed to an epidemic, which is confined to a particular region.
Relationships - The state of being connected to another person. There are lots of forms of relationships, from relationships with family, to relationships with friends or relationships with people you work with.