COMMUNICATION SKILLS 1

Greeetings & Introductions' GreetingsDialogue I (Formal)

Good Morning / Good Afternoon / Good
Evening Dr. Jayasuriya. How are you? Quite
well / Very well Thank you, Mr. Silva.
1 hope you are well 100.
Dialogue 2 (Informal'.)
Hello / Hi, Kamal, How are you?
Fine / im O.K. /Not too bad / What about you?
(or And you?)
Introducing Oneself
Dialogue I (Formal)
How do you do ? Im Ramani
Percra.
How do you do

My names

Silva, Roy
Dialogue 2 (Informal)
Hello, my names Sidath.

Hello, mine is Ranil.

Introducing Others
Useful expressions.
This is
Id like you to meet

..

Id like to introduce you

to.....

Let me introduce you to

Pleased / Glad Nice to meet you.
Complete

the

following

dialogues

Father.........my teacher, Mr .Hcrath

1. Introducing a friend to a
friend, Kamani

Introduce your father to you teacher.

How do....... Mr. Herath?

How..................?

..Arani.
3. Greet a friend for the first time 4. Greet your former teacher when you
meet in*the day.

him during the holidays.

Hello, Kapila, . ? .............sir, How are you?

Im....What about ... ?........

..thank you, Jagath.

Group Activity:
Studentsto form groups,
introduce themselves and get to know each other. The group leaders should
then briefly introduce each member of his group to the class by revealing
some interesting fact about them. The class should ask questions to generate
dialogue.

Remember that please' and Thank you

Are the two most important words in polite
conversation
Offer / Accept hospitality A friend visits you at home. How do you make him / her
welcome? Discuss various expressions that you could use?
You

Visitor

How do you offer food and drink?

Don l forget the two words please and thankyou. You
Visitor
You are the visitor. You are thirsty. Ask for some water.
You

Response

Leave taking- Here are different ways of taking leave.

Think of others.| I'd better be off, 1 think. / Im off then / Its
about time I was going, Im afraid / Mtist you? Cant you stay
for a little longer? / Surely you can stay a bit longer. Well, (if
you insist) perhaps for a short time.Im afraid I must go - but
thanks for everything. It was great. Its a pleasure. Im
glad you enjoyed it. Bye.! Bye! I hope youll excuse me, but
I really think I must be going. Ill see you soon. Bye! Bye!