Language Focus Communicative Activities

English Speaking Materials for Homestay Hosts 5

C. Language Focus

More formal Less formal GREETINGS • Good morning afternoon evening. • How nice to meet you? • Hello. • How are you? • Hi. • How’ve you been? • What’s happening? • What’s new? • How are you doing? RESPONSES • Good morning afternoon evening. • Yes, it’s been quite a while. • Hello. • Fine, thanks. And you? • Hi. • Pretty good. • Not much. • Nothing. • Not bad. More formal Less formal PRECLOSINGS • Would you excuse me, I have to be going. • It’s been a pleasure. • Thank you for the advice. I really must go now. • Nice to see you. • Well, it’s getting late. • Good to see you again. • Thanks for coming. • Maybe we could get to- gether sometime. • Great seeing you. • I’ve really got to go. • Got to go now. RESPONSES • Thank you for coming • Yes, I’ve enjoyed it. • My pleasure. • Nice to see you too. • Maybe we can talk again. • Good to see you. • It is fun. • Sounds good. • Same here. • OK. See you. • See you again. Here are expressions commonly used in greetings and closings. Pronounce and study the expression below PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI English Speaking Materials for Homestay Hosts 6 More formal Less formal CLOSINGS • Until the next time …. • Good night. • Good-bye. • Have a nice weekend • Talk to you later. • See you later. RESPONSES • Good-bye. • Good night. • Good-bye. • You, too. • Bye. Take it easy. • So long. Take care. Note: Good morning : In the morning up to 12 o’clock. Good afternoon : After 12 – 6 pm Good evening : From 6 pm to midnight 12 pm Good night : On leaving in the evening if we will not meet the person again the rest of the night.

D. Communicative Activities

1 Game Work in pair. Play this “take turn” game based on the rule below 1. Read trough the contents of the five cir‐ cles, and then put a sequential number to each circle according to natural process of greeting, pre‐closing, and closing. 2. Fill in the name of the people for person A and B, and then write a reason for leaving in the upper right box. 3. Create a dialogue about greeting and clos‐ ing using one of the useful expressions in the circles. 4. Practice the dialogue with your partner. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI English Speaking Materials for Homestay Hosts 7 2 Mini Role-play Situation 1 It is 7 am. A is in his her house with B a foreign guest. A greets B. A shows his her hospitality by asking B’s condition after experiencing a sickness. Work in pair. Choose one situation for a mini role-play. Then, make a mini role-play using any expressions to express the situation. When you are ready, perform for the class in 90 seconds PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI English Speaking Materials for Homestay Hosts 8 Situation 2 It is 2 pm. A a homestay host meets B A’s guest on the way to hisher rice field. A greets B. Then, A has to go to the rice field to work. Situation 3 A was B’s guest three years ago. It has been long time, they do not see each other. One day, they meet in Sekatenan. A greets B, but B forgets who A is. A tries to remind him her, and then B remembers who A is. After chatting, A asks permission to B to leave him her.

E. Language Exercise