Greetings and Introductions

Limpad Nurrachmad
Universitas Negeri Semarang
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 Learning Objectives

making greetings and introductions

making introductions to other people in accordance

with international relationship etiquette
 Learning Focus

to know how to initiate a conversation

to master the way to establish relations

 1. English Greeting Expressions (Formal and Informal)

• There are many ways of greeting people, both formal and informal.
General greetings General greetings
(formal) (informal)

Hello!
Hi.
How are you? What’s up?
How are you doing? Good to see you.
How is everything? How are things (with you)?
How’s everything going? How’s it going?
How’s life been treating you?
How have you been? How is life?
I trust that everything is well.
Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time

(formal) (informal)

It has been a long time. How come I never see you?

It’s been too long. It’s been such a long
time.
What have you been up to all these years? Long time no see.
It’s always a pleasure to see you. Where have you been
hiding?
How long has it been? It’s been ages since we
last met.
I’m so happy to see you again.
Look at the two pictures and guess

 What are they doing?

 How are they probably doing?

 What are they saying?

2. Greetings and Introductions
 Self Introduction
Here are expressions to introduce yourself:
• I am……. (Mr. / Miss. / Mrs + family name)
• 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 to you.
• Allow me to introduce myself to you.
 Introducing people

• May I introduce you to ….?

• Let me introduce you to …?
• I’d like you to meet ….
• I don’t think you have met …, do you?
• You haven’t met …, have you?
• Have you met …?
• Do you know …?
• This is ….
 Responding to introductions

• (It’s) nice to meet you.

• Nice meeting you.
• (I’m) pleased to meet you.
• Happy to meet you.
• Glad to know you.
• How do you do?
• It’s an honour to know you.
• It’s my pleasure to have acquaintance with you.
 Examples in a conversation
Cipto waiting for Andi and Yani, his new colleague at the airport. 
Andi  : Excuse me. Are you Cipto Susanto, from Semarang State University?
Cipto  : Yes. I'm Cipto Susanto.
Andi  : How do you do, Cipto? I'm Andi from University of Jakarta.
Cipto  : How do you do, Andi. Nice to meet you.
Andi  : Nice to meet you, too. Did you have a good and safe flight?
Cipto  : Yes. It was fine, thanks.
Andi  : well, Let me help you bring your suitcase, please.
Cipto  : That's very kind of you.
Andi  : don’t mention it. Oh well, Let me introduce you to my friend. Yani this is Cipto. Cipto this is Yani.
Yani  : Hello, Cipto. Nice to meet you.
Cipto  : Pleased to meet you, too.
Yani  : How's the trip anyway?
Cipto  : Well, It's nice and exciting.
Yani  : Great, then. You must be very tired. We’ll take you to the Hotel first.
Cipto : OK. Thanks, Yani. 
 Example of Self Introductions Essay
Good morning sir/madam;

Firstly I would like to thank you for giving me this opportunity and it's my pleasure to introduce myself.

My name is Tisha Yearwood and I am a 17 years old, 12th grader at Semarang State Senior High School. I am also currently studying at
cam-asean institute where I got a 100% scholarship to study Business English program. I have a family of five; my dad, mum, older
brother, younger sister and I. My personality is cheerful and very easygoing. I love to cook and bake whenever I have free time. I enjoy
playing with kid,I do not mind the company of elderly people and I get along very well with people my age because I am a people
person. I like puppies but I feel different when it comes to cat, I find them rather scary in some ways. My favorite food is Pasta but I am
definitely not a picky eater, I eat about anything except pineapple, which I am allergic too. I enjoy experiencing new things, visiting new
places, eating new food and I am willing to share what I know and earn to others.

I am interested in the program because I want to learn about Japanese culture and the education there. I want to widen my horizons
and witness the way of living in Japan and therefore, compare it to my own country; share it with my friends, family, and even my
community so that they too, can see things from different perspectives. Additionally, I find this program very important for me as I can
improve my language skill, communication skill as well as other skills I would need in the near future in order to do well in the
developing society.
 PRACTICE
• Write two short conversations. One is formal, the other
informal. The speakers greet and introduce themselves to
each other. They exchange a few words and then take leave
of one another. Try to use different expressions in each
conversation.
• Write a self introduction essay then speak up !

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