Making a phone call

Speaking on the phone is very difficult when you are learning a new language but sometimes it is very useful, especially when you want to call home from abroad, to book a table in a restaurant, to check your flight tickets and so on, but it's also really useful for business. You have some models in Unit 3.3 and here you have some links with useful vocabulary or videos to practise:

• phone call vocabulary; click here
• a chart with typical sentences; click here
• if you work with English, this link gives good advice about how to speak on the phone; click here
• here you have a simple example for starting with business phone calls; click here
• this video is with a higher level but the quality is not great and the end has Arabic subtitles but it's a good example; click here
• this video gives you some examples of phone calls, in informal and formal style; click here

See you in class!