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C. Language Focus
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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