A. INTRODUCING
YOURSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE
Introducing yourself:
Here are expressions to introduce yourself:
• My name
is ...
• I'm ....
• Nice to
meet you; I'm ...
• Pleased
to meet you; I'm ...
• Let me
introduce myself; I'm ...
• I'd like
to introduce myself; I'm ..
LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF
Introducing others:
Here are expressions to introduce others:
• Jack,
please meet Nicolas.
• Jack,
have you met Nicolas?
• I'd like
you to meet Liza.
• I'd like
to introduce you to Betty.
• Leila,
this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila.
Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people:
• Nice to
meet you.
• Pleased
to meet you.
• Happy to
meet you.
• How do
you do?
•
Practice 1
Introducing yourself in dialog
Susan Bachtiar :
Hello, I'm Elizabeth Mandel
Chuck :
Hi! My name is Charles Chang. But please call me Chuck
Susan Bachtiar :
Nice to meet you, Chuck. You can call me Susan
Chuck :
Ok. What's your last name again?
Susan
: Bachtiar
Chuck :
Where are you from?
Susan
: I'm from Indonesia.
Chuck :
And what are you doing here?
Susan
: I'm attending an English Conference. And how about you? Where are you
from?
Chuck :
I'm from Singapore.
Susan
: Are you attending the English Conference, too?
Chuck :
Yes, I am.
Susan
: Well, nice meeting you Chuck.
Chuck : Nice meeting you too, Susan
Task 1
Make introduce yourself related with your family and your
friend in paragraph and tell in front of your class !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
B. TALKING
ABOUT DAILY CONVERSATION
Regular
English lessons contain key sentences for many different scenarios that are
used in everyday life. This daily English section will help you because all the
sentences are everyday sentences that are regularly used.
Regular Lessons
a. Greeting
and General Things
b. Greeting
and General Things II
Exlpanation :
a. Greeting
and General Things
1. Greeting
- Basic
There are many ways to greet someone. We'll learn about the most common way to
greet someone in this lesson. I'll give
a variety of example sentences.
Greeting someone you
never met:
"Hi, my name is
Steve. It's nice to meet you."
You can respond to
this by saying,
"It's a pleasure
to meet you. I'm Jack."
Another common
question to ask is
"What do you do
for a living?"
You can respond to
this by saying,
"I work at a restaurant."
"I work at a
bank."
"I work in a
software company."
"I'm a
dentist."
Usually, you will not
need to ask for a name. It is implied
that each person should say their name.
But in case they don't, you can ask,
"What is your
name?"
Many times, I don't
hear the name. If you would like for
them to repeat their name, you can say,
"What was that
again?"
"Excuse
me?"
"Pardon
me?"
2. Greeting
Someone you Know
"Hey John, how have you been?"
"Hi Bob, how are
you?"
"Hi Nancy, what
have you been up to?"
"Andy, it's been
a long time, how are you man?"
If you meet someone
unexpectedly, you can say,
"Hey Jack, it's
good to see you. What are you doing
here?"
or
"What a
surprise. I haven't seen you in a long
time. How have you been?"
If you see the person
at a restaurant, you can say, "Do you come to this restaurant often?"
Or at the movie
theatre, "What movie did you come to see?"
Appropriate
responses:
"Hi Steve, my
name is Mike. It is nice to meet you as
well."
"I heard a lot
about you from John. He had a lot of
good things to say."
"Wow. How long has it been? It seems like more than a year. I'm doing pretty well. How about you?"
A typical response to
this type of greeting is simple.
"Not too
bad."
If asked what you
have been up to, you can respond with, "Same ole same ole." Or, "The same as usual."
Here are some other
example responses.
"I'm pretty busy
at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."
"I'm doing very
well."
"I finally have
some free time. I just finished taking a
big examination, and I'm so relieved that I'm done with it."
Restaurant Responses
"I've been here
a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis."
"I come pretty
often. This is my favorite
restaurant."
"I can't believe
we haven't seen each other before. I
come here at least twice a week."
Movie Response
"I came here to
see Matrix Revolution. How about
you?"
3. Greeting
- Example Conversations
Let's look at several example conversations. Then we can move on to the practice section.
Person A: "Hi,
my name is Steve. It's nice to meet
you."
Person B: "I'm
Jack. It's a pleasure to meet you,
Steve."
Person A: "What
do you do for a living Jack?"
Person B: "I
work at the bank."
Person A: "What
is your name?"
Person B: "Jackson."
Person A: "What
was that again?"
Person A: "Hey
John, how have you been?"
Person B: "What
a surprise. I haven't seen you in a long
time. How have you been?"
Person A: "I'm
doing very well. How about you?"
Person B: "I
finally have some free time. I just
finished taking a big examination, and I'm so relieved that I'm done with
it."
Person A: "Hi
Nancy, what have you been up to?"
Person B: "The
same ole same ole." Or, "The
same as usual. How about you?"
Person A: "I'm
pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."
Person A: "Andy,
it's been a long time, how are you man?"
Person B: "What
a surprise. I haven't seen you in a long
time. How have you been?"
Person A: "Do
you come to this restaurant often?"
Person B: "I've
been here a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis."
4. Greeting
- Interactive Practice
A: "Hi, how are you doing?"
B: "I'm doing
great. How about you?"
A: "Not too
bad."
B: "Do you come
to this restaurant often?"
A: "I've been
here a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis. What have you been
up to?"
B: "I'm pretty
busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."
A: "Well, have a
good evening."
B: "You
too."
5. Bored -
General Phrases
Being bored means having nothing to do. When someone is bored, they often call people
and try to entertain themselves or try to find something to do with a
friend. So being bored is a good
starting point for conversational English.
There are a couple of
situations you can express to someone that you are bored. Most commonly, you will call a friend and
tell them that you are bored or ask them to do something together. The other time is when someone asks you how
you are doing. We will cover both
situations in this session.
General Phrases
"I'm dying from
boredom."
"I hate being
bored."
"I don't have
anything to do."
"My life is so
boring."
"Life is so
boring."
"I'm just
watching TV until I find something to do."
"I was bored all
weekend."
"I am so bored
today."
"I get bored
very easily."
"I get bored all
the time."
A common place to get
bored is when you have to visit family members.
"It's always boring
whenever we go to our relatives."
"It's nice to
visit my grandmother, but it gets boring after a couple of hours."
"My cousins are
so boring. All they do is watch
tv."
"There's nothing
to do in the country side. I'm always
bored there."
If you think you are
a boring person, here is a way to say that you are boring.
"I think I'm a
little boring."
"I'm a boring
person."
Boring can be used to
describe someone.
"He is a boring
person."
"His personality
is very boring."
"It's boring
whenever she's around."
Using bored to answer
a question is very common. Here are some
general questions that someone might ask.
"How was your
trip?"
"How was your
vacation?"
"How was your
weekend?"
"How was the
lecture?"
"How was the
class?"
"How was the
game?"
Any of these types of
questions can be answered with a simple answer.
"It was pretty
boring."
"It was
boring. I didn't do much."
"It wasn't as
fun as I thought. It was a little
boring."
"I was bored
most of the time."
"Because it was
disorganized, we had too much extra time.
I was bored during our free time."
6. How is
your day - Example Conversation
The present tense is more common in writing. As you can see by all the explanations I am
giving, they are all written in the present tense. That is because it is instructional. Instructional writing is more commonly
written in present tense. However,
stories in novels are written in past tense.
The reason past and
future tense is used more commonly than present tense when speaking is because
usually you are telling someone what you have done or what you plan on
doing. Speaking in the present tense is
used primarily to tell someone what you are currently doing.
As in previous
lessons in 'Bored and Greeting' it is very common to have a conversation using
the present tense when you run into somebody or when you make or receive a
phone call.
Let's use this time
now to incorporate what we have learned so far.
Person A: "Hi
Jack. What are you doing?"
Person B: "Hi
Mary. I'm filling out a job
application."
Person A: "Are
you finished with school already?"
Person B:
"No. I have one more semester, but
it would be great to have a job lined up."
Person A: "How
is your day going?"
Person B: "Quite
busy. I'm preparing for my presentation
tomorrow on our marketing strategy. I'm
not even half done yet."
Person A: "You
must feel stressed out now."
Person B:
"That's an understatement."
Person A: "What
are you doing now?"
Person B: "I'm
playing pool with my friends at a pool hall."
Person A: "I
didn't know you play pool. Are you
having fun?"
Person B: "I'm having a great time. How about you? What are you doing?"
Person A: "I'm
taking a break from my homework. There
seems to be no end to the amount of work I have to do."
Person B: "I'm
glad I'm not in your shoes."
7. Weather -
Summer and Autumn
In this section, we will learn about the four different
seasons along with the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit. Also, we will learn about weather in
different parts of the world. In the
next session, we will practice more dialog.
But this is a good starting point when learning to hold a conversation
about the weather.
Summer:
Depending on the
location, summer can be warm and pleasant or unbearably hot and humid. Although you will describe summer in one
particular way, you should be aware of how other people describe summer in
different parts of the world.
In Nevada, Arizona,
Egypt, or other places that are like deserts, people might say,
"Summer is very
hot and dry. It's not so bad when we are
in the shade."
"Summer is
extremely hot. The sun will burn you if
you don't wear sunscreen."
"Because it's
not humid, it is easy to get used to."
In Seattle, the
summer is the best season,
"Summer is the
only time of year that it doesn't rain much."
"Summer is like
paradise in Seattle."
"If summer
wasn't so good here, I would move to a different city."
In New York, Korea,
or other hot and humid places, people can say,
"Summer is both
hot and humid here."
"I am always
sticky because I sweat so much during the summer."
"Without air
conditioning, I don't know how I would survive."
Spring and Fall /
Autumn
From my perception, I
noticed that spring and autumn are generally pleasant seasons for many areas of
the world. I haven't heard enough to say
one way or another, so I can only write down what I know.
"My favorite
season is autumn."
"The only reason
I don't like the fall is due to all the leaves I have to rake up."
"Fall is so
beautiful because of all the different color leaves everywhere."
"It rains a lot
around here during the fall."
"It gets cold in
late autumn."
"In our country,
autumn is just like summer. It's hot and
humid."
"My favorite
season is spring because of the budding flowers."
"I love the
spring because it's not cold nor hot."
"The spring
season here causes a lot of people to sneeze due to all the flowers
appearing. Many people with allergies
hate the spring."
b. Greeting
and General Things II
1. Small
Talk
Many people believe small talk is very boring and not
personable. Although that is true, there
are many places where small talk is very important. In the western culture, strangers talk to
other strangers frequently. On the other
hand, small talk is not so common in the eastern culture. Because strangers are friendly to one another
in the western culture, small talk is very important to master in regards to
learning English. One other place small
talk is important is in an interview.
That is why this session will be important to learn.
The best way to learn
small talk is to provide many examples.
So this lesson will be taught using an example format.
Small talk involves
many different topics. We will have
several sessions on small talk once we have covered other subjects such as
sports, jobs, school, etc. But for now,
we will go through the basics of small talk conversation. To initiate small talk, we can use what we
have learned from our previous several sessions:
One: "Hi Bill, how are you doing?"
Two: "I'm doing great. How are you doing?"
One: "I'm doing well myself."
Wasn't that
simple? If you studied the material in
prior sessions, this should be real easy for you. Now that we have initiated the small talk,
it's your responsibility to keep the conversation going. In order to do so, you can talk about
anything that is not too personal. Let's
first ask what the other person has been doing lately.
One: "What have you been up to lately?"
Two: "Well, I just started to work at the
bank so I'm pretty busy learning everything."
You can elaborate on
what you have learned to keep the conversation alive. In this example, you are going to ask more
questions about school and work.
One: "Does that mean you already finished school? I thought you had 1 more semester left."
Two: "I took summer courses, so I finished
one semester early."
One: "It's great that you got a job. I'm really happy for you."
Two: "Thanks."
As you can now tell,
the conversation is getting old. You
have a choice of ending the conversation, or changing the topic. Let's practice ending the conversation.
One: "We should get together for lunch
sometime."
Two: "Yeah, that would be great."
One: "I'll call you sometime."
Two: "Ok.
I'll see you later."
One: "Alright. See ya."
2. Movies -
Example Conversation
Let's look at a couple of example conversations before going
to the practice section.
Person A: "Hey
John, I'm going to see The Matrix with Peter and Brad. Do you wanna come?"
Person B: "When
are you guys going?"
Person A: "We're
going to see the eight O'clock showing."
Person B: "That would be great. Where are you guys meeting?"
Person A: "We're meeting at the theatre at seven
thirty."
Person B: "Great.
I'll meet you guys there."
Person A: "Hey Jill."
Person B: "What's up Mike?"
Person A: "I was wondering if you have any plans
for tomorrow night."
Person B: "Umm... I don't think I have anything
special for tomorrow. Why?"
Person A: "Do you want to see The Titanic with
me?"
Person B: "I wanted to see that. Yeah.
Let's go."
Person A: "What time is good for you?"
Person B: "How about seven thirty."
Person A: "Sure.
I'll meet you at the theatre at seven.
Task 2
Now you choose one of dialog and practice for speaking with
your friend classmate !!!!!!!!!
written by : Rinrin Komariah
Source : http://www.1st-conferencecallingcompanies.com/
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