What Is a Jazz Chant? -- The Sounds of American English -- Organization of Small Talk -- Presenting the Chants -- General Suggestions for Presenting the Chants

Unit 1 GREETINGS -- 1. Hi? How Are you? -- 2. How's Jack? -- 3. Hello. How've You Been? -- 4. Hello? Hello? -- 5. Jack! You're Back! -- Unit 1 Exercises

Unit 2 INTRODUCTIONS/IDENTIFYING SELF AND OTHERS -- 1. Harry, This Is Mary -- 2. Nice to Meet You -- 3. I'm Glad to Meet You. I've Heard So Much About You -- 4. What's Your Name? Where Are You From? -- 5. What's Your First Name? How Do You Spell It? -- Unit 2 Exercises

Unit 3 SAYING GOOD-BYE -- 1. Good-bye, Good-bye -- 2. Have a Nice Weekend -- 3. It's Getting Late -- 4. It Was Nice Seeing You Again -- 5. Good-bye, Harry, Say Hello to Mary -- 6. We're Going to Miss You -- Unit 3 Exercises

Unit 4 GIVING AND RECEIVING COMPLIMENTS -- 1. You Look Wonderful Today -- 2. That's a Nice Sweater -- 3. I Like Your Gloves -- 4. You Look Marvelous! You Haven't Changed a Bit -- 5. You Speak English Very Well -- 6. I'm Afraid My English Is Not Very Good -- Unit 4 Exercises

Unit 5 INVITING/ACCEPTING/REFUSING -- 1. Let's Have Lunch -- 2. You Call Me or I'll Call You -- 3. Can You Come Over? -- 4. We're Having a Party -- 5. Would You Like to Go to the Movies Tonight? -- Unit 5 Exercises

Unit 6 EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES/ASKING FOR AND GIVING AN OPINION -- 1. I Like it a Lot -- 2. Do You Like It? -- 3. How Do You Like It? -- 4. It's All Right, I Guess -- 5. It's Not Quite Right -- 6. I Don't Like It At All -- Unit 6 Exercises

Unit 7 EXPRESSING ABILITY OR INABILITY TO DO SOMETHING/MAKING EXCUSES/GIVING ENCOURAGEMENT -- 1. I Can't Do It -- 2. I Give Up -- 3. If I Can Do It You Can Do It -- 4. Can You Speak English? -- 5. I'm Afraid I Won't Be Able to Go -- 6. Will I Ever Learn to Speak English? -- Unit 7 Exercises

Unit 8 APOLOGIZING/ACCEPTING AN APOLOGY -- 1. I'm Sorry. That's All Right -- 2. Excuse Me. That's OK. Never Mind. No Problem -- 3. It's All My Fault -- 4. I'm Sorry I Did It. I Shouldn't Have Done It -- 5. I'm Afraid I Owe You an Apology -- Unit 8 Exercises

Unit 9 TALKING ABOUT FOOD -- 1. Chicken Soup -- 2. What Are You Going to Have? -- 3. I'd Like a Sandwich -- 4. I Haven't Decided Yet -- 5. Salt and Pepper -- Unit 9 Exercises

Unit 10 TALKING ABOUT MONEY -- 1. Put It In the Bank -- 2. How Much Does It Cost? It Costs a Lot -- Why Don't You Buy It? I Can't Afford It -- 4. Pennies Nickels, Dimes, and Quarters -- 5. I'll Get It. Oh No, I'll Get It -- Unit 10 Exercises

Unit 11 TALKING ABOUT WEATHER -- 1. It's Cold Outside. It's Bitter Cold -- 2. It's a Nice Day, Isn't It? -- 3. Hot and Humid -- 4. Clear, Blue Sky -- 5. Do You Think It's Going to Rain? -- Unit 11 Exercises

Unit 12 ASKING FOR AND GIVING INFORMATION -- 1. How Long Does It Take? -- 2. Downtown Bus -- 3. Walk Two Blocks and Turn Right -- 4. Who? What? When? Where? Why? -- 5. Is the Post Office Open Tomorrow? -- Unit 12 Exercises

Unit 13 GIVING AND RECEIVING THANKS -- 1. Thank You Very Much -- 2. Thanks a Lot -- 3. Thank You So Much. It's Just What I Wanted -- 4. That Was Awfully Nice of You -- 5. Thanks Again -- Unit 13 Exercises

Unit 14 EXPRESSING CONFUSION -- 1. This Is Confusing. I'm Very Confused -- 2. Who Has the Keys? -- 3. Does This Make Sense to You? -- 4. Where Do We Go? -- 5. What Are We Supposed to Do? -- Unit 14 Exercises

Unit 15 MAKING PLANS -- 1. What Are You Going to Do? -- 2. Let's Make a Date -- 3. How About Nine? -- 4. I've Got So Much to Do Today -- 5. Will You Be Here Next Year? -- Unit 15 Exercises

Appendix

"Small Talk is Carolyn Graham's hot new collection of jazz chants. Jazz chanting, a unique teaching technique, uses the rhythms of jazz to teach conversational American English. The chants in Small Talk are arranged according to the functions of the language. Each unit consists of low-intermediate through advanced-level chants and includes listening exercises, pronunciation practice, and other activities, as well as teacher's notes for each chant." (Book Cover)