Greetings & Small talk

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 STRANGERS (Generic
responses) VS
NOT STRANGERS (more
specific responses)
NETWORKING
SOCIAL EVENTS
Formal (Strangers)
WHY SMALL ▪ Assalamualaikum

TALK?
▪ Hi
▪ Hello
▪ How are you?
▪ Good morning/afternoon/evening
▪ It’s a pleasure to meet you

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 ▪ Informal (Not strangers)
▪ Assalamualaikum
▪ Hi
▪ Hello
▪ How are you?
▪ Good
morning/afternoon/evening
WHY SMALL ▪ It’s a pleasure to meet you

TALK? ▪ How have you been?

▪ What’s going on with your life?

▪ How are you?

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 Formal (Strangers) ▪ Informal (Not
Not Bad!
All right! strangers)
I’m Good ▪ Not bad!
I’m great
▪ All right!
▪ I’m good
▪ I’m great

WHY SMALL ▪ I’m frustrated

▪ I’m nervous/anxious
TALK? ▪ I’m exhausted
▪ I’m not well
▪ I’m stressed out
▪ I’ve been better.
▪ I’m feeling awesome!
▪ I’m feeling excited!
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 ▪TOPICS
▪ Location/Venue
▪ Family
▪ Work
▪ Movies
WHAT TO
TALK ▪ Food
ABOUT? ▪ Hobbies
▪ Sports
▪ Weather
▪ Current issue/Trend
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 ▪TOPICS
▪Finances/
salary/ money
WHAT NOT ▪Politics
TO TALK
ABOUT? ▪Religion
▪Age

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 ▪ Tell your lecturer how are you
really feeling today?
Consider me/your lecturer as
someone you know, means we are
ACTIVITY 1 not strangers to you.
▪ You may respond via
Whatsapp/Telegram group.

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 ▪ Watch this video and practise
saying the phrase with the
instructor.

ACTIVITY 2

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/speaking/
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intermediate-b1/meeting-face-to-face
 ACTIVITY 3
Find a partner. Decide who is going to be Student A and Student B.
Use/apply the tips you have just learnt and practise with your
partner.
You can use Whatsapp/ Telegram voice note or Google Meet to
respond to each other.
30 minutes before the class ends, your lecturer will select a few
partners to practise via Google Meet randomly. Alternatively, it can
be conducted by sharing your voice note recording in your class’s
Whatsapp/Telegram group.

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