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3 First Contact and Getting to Know Each Other

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im very pleased to welcome you to the department

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its rather cold

the room is a bit dirty
the view is pretty awful
the crossing was a bit rough
the traffic was rather slow
the weather was a little disappointing

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welcoming you to A&T, My
name is johan
how do you do my name is susan park
how do you do ms parkes how was your trip
rather slow. i caught in pretty awful traffic
im very sorry to hear that. anyway, have you
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yes, i have, thank you checked in to your hotel
is everything ok?
fine. its very comfortable
so how you find our weather?

its a bit hot. when i left home, it was around ten degrees

record it and upload it to MooVi.

After you have script it, record record it and upload it to MooVi.

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 SOCIALIZING PRACTICE – ROLE PLAY (pair work)

Objective: Meet a New Business Partner

Script a dialogue for a welcome scene which would be typical in your workplace. After
you have scripted it, record the dialogue and upload both, the recording and the script,
to the online learning platform (MooVi, Assignment nº 2).

Scenario:

The situation is a semi-formal business meeting in your country. A host receives a visitor
from abroad. Take turns to play host and visitor. Before you start, decide which country
each of you is from and in which country you are meeting. You can use real personal
information or invent new identities.

1. Act out the greetings and introductions (see handouts 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc.) and
make some general conversation (small talk). You don’t have to discuss any
business matters but try to learn something about the person you’ve just met
(see handouts 2.1.1, 2.1.2 and 2.1.3).
2. The host suggests a meal in a well-known restaurant. The visitor accepts with
pleasure. The host suggests he/she will meet him/her at the hotel at 8.30 pm
(see handout 2.4).
3. Act out a dialogue having a meal in a restaurant, as in the restaurant dialogues
(handout 2.5).

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