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A practical topic for routines, abilities, and how work shapes daily life.

Topic Pack

Work gives tables a natural bridge from introductions into longer, more useful answers.

Patterns Used Today

Ability [Subject] có thể [Action] [Subject] can [Action] Habitual Events Mỗi khi [Event], [Action] Whenever [Event], [Action] Cause and Result [Situation] nên [Result] [Situation], so [Result]

Example Prompts

  • Bạn có thể làm việc bằng tiếng Anh hay tiếng Việt không? Can you work in English or Vietnamese?
  • Mỗi khi bận, bạn thường nghỉ ngơi thế nào? When you are busy, how do you usually rest?
  • Tại sao bạn chọn công việc hiện tại? Why did you choose your current job?
  • Nếu bạn có một ngày nghỉ thêm, bạn sẽ làm gì? If you had one extra day off, what would you do?

Vocabulary

công việc job or work văn phòng office đồng nghiệp coworker khách hàng customer or client nghỉ rest or take a break bận busy bận rộn very busy ổn định stable

Meetup Flow

  • Ability
  • Habitual Events
  • Cause and Result

Rotate groups every 20 minutes. Run one Vietnamese-only round and one English-only round.

Host Prompts

  • Công việc đó có khó không? Is that job difficult?
  • Mỗi ngày có giống nhau không? Is every day the same?
  • Vì sao điều đó quan trọng? Why is that important?
Pro tip

Bring a small notebook

  1. Read the topic page before the meetup.
  2. Copy the patterns into your notebook.
  3. Write three example sentences before you arrive.

You will speak more confidently during the exchange.