07-11-2012, 03:14 PM
GREETING FRIENDS AND STRANGERS
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MEETING AND GREETING
What do friends say to each other when they meet?
What do people say when they are introduced?
Which three of the following topics do you think are most likely to follow in a conversation between two people who have just been introduced?
Listen to the conversation between Allan Swales, his friend Jane Hallam and Peter Nicholson, a friend of Jane’s.
Have Peter and Allan met before?
How does Jane greet Allan?
Which of the following activities do they talk about: food, work, weather, money, recent activities, clothes, health?
How does Jane introduce Peter?
How does Allan greet Peter?
Note: How do you do? is usually combined with shaking hands, but only when you meet someone for the first time
ROLE PLAY
You are at a conference reception. Some of the people there are your friends and some are strangers.
P and Q, two strangers meet each other and have a conversation.
X meets a friend Y who introduces X to Z, a friend of his/hers who is a stranger to X.
Make sure you cover the following points:
Introduce yourself
Greet the person
Start a conversation
Close the conversation
Introduce the stranger to your friend.