Unit 1

What is your name, please?

Contents
1. Greeting and introducing yourself
2. Introducing other people
3. Asking and giving for clarifications
4. Making a small talk
5. Ending a conversation
Behavioral Objectives
The students should be able to:
1. Greet and introduce yourself
2. Introduce other people
3. Ask for and give clarifications
4. Make small talk
5. End a conversation

Warm-up
Watch the video “Greeting etiquette around the world ” and answer the questions.
1. Can you tell the name of a country for each greeting?
2. Which greetings are typical in your country?
3. What are other ways to greet people?

Conversation1
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Greeting and introducing myself
Katherine: Hello. My name is Katherine, but please call me __________.
Peter: Hello. I’m ___________. Nice to meet you.
Katy: Nice to meet you too.
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Conversation 2
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Greeting and introducing myself
Teacher: Good morning. What is your , please?
Ling: . My name is Fei Ling.
Teacher: I’m Barbara Gibson. Welcome to the class.
Ling: .
Reeve: Good morning. Sorry, I’m late.
Teacher: No problem.
Ling: Hello. Let me myself. I’m Fei Ling. Glad to meet you.
Reeve: My name is Gordon Reeve. Glad to you, too.

Exercise 1: Number the sentence in a conversation between Akiko

and Ted from 1 to 6.

Akiko Ted
_________ Nice to meet you, too. _________ Nice to meet you.
_________ Hello. My name is Akiko. _________ I’m Ted.
_________ What is your name? _________ Hello.

Conversation 3
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Greeting and introducing myself
Peter: , Apaporn. How have you been?
Apaporn: Fine. _____________ ?
Peter: Good. How about your ?
Apaporn: Very well, thanks. How about your girlfriend?
Peter: She’s fine. .
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Conversation 4
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Greeting and introducing myself
Simon: Hi, Pat. Long no see. What’s going on?
Patricia: Nothing. And you?
Simon: Not good. I have a .
Patricia: Oh! It sounds bad. for you.

Conversation 5
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Greeting and introducing myself
Kim: Excuse me, Jack Turner?
Turner: Yes, that’s right.
Kim: May I myself? My name is Kim Jung Ki. How do you ?
Turner: ?

Exercise 2: Can you guess which dialogue is the most formal greeting from
dialogue 3 to 5?

Useful expressions
Common greetings
- Hello. / Hi.
- Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening.
- Good to see you. / Nice to see you. /Glad to see you.
- Long time no see. / It’s been a while.
- How are you? /How’s it going? / How are you doing?
- How are things? / How’s life?
- How’s your day? / How’s your day going?
- What’s up? / What’s new? / What’s going on?
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Business greetings and formal greetings

- Good morning. / Good afternoon. / Good evening.
- It’s nice to meet you. / Pleased to meet you.
- How have you been?
- How do you do?

Introducing myself
- Can I introduce myself? / May I introduce myself?
- I’d like to introduce myself.
- Let me introduce myself.
- My name is Gordon Reeve. / My name’s Gordon Reeve.
- I’m Gordon Reeve.
- I don’t think we’ve met. I ’m Gordon Reeve

Speaking Practices
Exercise 3: Complete the dialogue by using your own information and
then practice in pairs.
Dialogue 1
A: Hello. My name is ______________ , but please call me _______.
B: Hello. I’m ________________. Nice to meet you.
A: Nice to meet you too.

Dialogue 2
A: Hello, ______________ . How have you been?
B: Fine. ________________?
A: Good. How about ______________?
B: Very well, thanks. How about ___________?
A: Fine. Thank you.

Communicative activity
You are a new student at Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the
Royal Patronage. Introduce yourself to the class.
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Conversation 6
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Introducing other people, asking and giving for clarifications and making a
small talk
Michael: Hello. My name is Michael Hadsan. I’m a ________ member.
Abegail: Hi. Mine is Abegail Jensen, but please call me Abby.
Michael: OK. Where are you from?
Abegail: . How about you?
Michael: I’m from .
Abegail: Really? I’ve never been there before, but I heard that it is a
historic and country. What do you study here, Haaza?
Michael: Actually, it’s Hadsan.
Abegail: Oh! Sorry. How do you spell that?
Michael: _____________________.
Abegail: Oh! Takashi is here.
Michael: Who is Takashi?
Abegail: He is my . We are in the same Biology class.
Michael: Where’s he from?
Abegail: He’s from . Let’s go and say hello.

Exercise 4: Tick () the countries you know. Write missing letters in the
nationalities.

Countries Nationalities
Q : Where are you from? Q : What is your nationality?
A : I’m from… A : I’m…
Australia Australi a n
Brazil Brazli __ __
Argentina Argentini __ __
Italy Itali __ __
the USA Americ __ __
Russia Russi __ __
Germany Germ __ __
the UK Brit i s h
Spain Spain __ __ __
Poland Pol __ __ __
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China Chin e s e
Japan Japan __ __ __
Thailand Thai
France __ __ __ __ __ __

Conversation 7
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Introducing other people, asking and giving for clarifications and
making a small talk
Abegail: Takashi, I’d like you to meet Michael Hadsan. He’s the new
member club from Jordan.
Takashi: Nice to meet you, Michael. I’m .
Michael: Hi, nice to meet you too. So, are you from ?
Takashi: That’s right. I’ m from Tokyo.
Michael: What’s like?
Takashi: It’s really good. It’s one of the most cities in the
world.
Michael: Wow! It’s very interesting.

Exercise 5: Circle adjectives which can describe it and talk with your partner.

A : What’s your hometown like? B : My hometown is …

modern peaceful interesting busy small big

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Conversation 8
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Introducing other people, asking and giving for clarifications and making
a small talk (Formal style)
Ross: Good morning. You must be Mr. Smith. I am Kelly Ross. I am
a of the human resource department. Welcome to
our company.
Smith: Hello, Mrs. Ross.
Ross: Have you met Daniel Johnson? He is a of the
computer engineering department. He is going to present our project plan
to you.
Smith: No, I haven’t. This is the time we met.
Ross: Mr. Johnson, this is Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith, this is Mr. Johnson.
Johnson: Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith. I am going to _____________
the plan. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.
Smith: Thank you. to meet you, too.

Useful expressions
Introducing other people
- May I introduce my colleague of the accounting department?
- Can I introduce my close friend?
- This is Mr. Smith.
- Have you met Mr. Johnson?
- I’d like you to meet Michael Hadsan.
Asking and giving for clarifications
- What is your name again?
- Could you spell your surname, please?
- How do you spell your name?/ How do you spell that?
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Making small talk

Questions Responses
- So, are you from Japan? - Yes, I’m. / No, I’m not.
- Where are you from? - I’m from Jordan.
- What’s Tokyo like? - It’s really good. It’s one of the most hi-tech
cities in the world.

- I’ve never been there before, but I heard that it

is a historic and beautiful country.

- It’s an interesting class, isn’t it? - Yes, of course.

Speaking Practices
Exercise 6: Match the questions with the responses and then practice
with your partner.

1. I’m sorry. What is your name again? a. Everyone calls me Pop.

2. Are you Areeya? b. N-A-K-A-M-U-R-A
3. How do you spell your surname? c. I’m Daniel Johnson.
4. What do you people call you? d. Yes, I am.

Exercise 7: Complete the dialogue by using your own information and

then practice in groups.
Dialogue
A: I’d like you to meet ______________. He’s my classmate.
B: Nice to meet you. I’m __________.
C: Hi, ______________. So, are you from ___________?
B: That’s right. I’ m from ________________.
C: _______________________?
B: It’s really good. It’s ______________________________.
C: Wow! It’s very interesting.
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Communicative activity
Introduce two classmates to each other.

Conversation 9
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Ending a conversation
Abegail: Hi, Michael. How’s it ?
Michael: I’m fine, thanks. How are you, Abby?
Abegail: Quite good. How about your class in this semester?
Michael: I really love a business class, actually. I with
Mr. Richards. He always gives clear explanations and samples.
Abegail : ? It’s an interesting class, isn’t it?
Michael: Yes, of course.
Abegail: By the way I’m on my way to the coffee shop now. Are you ______?
Michael: I’m sorry. I have class. Well, I have to now.
Abegail: OK. Bye. See you later.

Conversation 10
Listen and complete a conversation. Then practice the conversation in pairs.
 Ending a conversation
Smith: It’s been very useful . I appreciate that.
Johnson: Thank you so much.
Smith: So, my secretary will send some additional information to you within
morning.
Johnson: That’s great.
Smith: I’ve got something to prepare for next meeting. Have a good
______________.
Johnson: Thank you. You, too. I look forward to our next meeting.

Exercise 8: Which one is more formal between conversation 9 and 10?

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Useful expressions
Ending a conversation
- Bye. / Good bye.
- I have to go now. / I’ve gotta go.
- See you later. / See you tomorrow. / See you soon.
- Have a good afternoon. / Have a nice day.
- I look forward to our next meeting.
- I look forward seeing you again.

Speaking Practices
Exercise 9: Do you know these expressions? Which ones are “hellos”
and which ones are “good-byes”?

Good morning. How are you?

Good night. How’s it going?
Have a good day. See you tomorrow.
Bye. Hello.
What’s up? Talk to you later.

Hellos Good-byes
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Exercise 10: Complete the dialogue by using your own information and
then practice in groups.
Dialogue
A: Hi, _____________ . How’s it going?
B: I’m fine, thanks. _________________________?
A: ________________________. What time is it?
B: At 9.50.
A: Oh, I have to go now. See you later.
B: See you tomorrow. _____________.

Pronunciation Tip: Rising and Falling Intonation

Rising intonation

Falling intonation
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(from: http://linguistics2012ananeira.blogspot.com/2012/06/intonation.html)

Communicative activity
You meet your friend who hasn’t met for a while. Talk to your friend by
saying hello and good-bye and making a short conversation.

Quiz
Complete a dialogue by using each appropriate statement in the box.

What is your name? I’m from South Korea.

How’s your hometown like? Nice to meet you, too.
See you. This is Paul.
Where is your hometown? It’s an exciting city.
I’m Park See Hun. I have to go.

Suda: Hello. My name is Suda. ________________________

See Hun: Hello. ___________________________. Nice to meet you.
Suda: _________________________________. Where are you from?
See Hun: ______________________________. And how about you?
Suda: I’m from Bangkok, Thailand. _________________________________.
See Hun: My hometown is Seoul.
Suda: ________________________________________
See Hun: It’s really good. __________________________.
Suda: Oh! Paul is coming. May I introduce my friend? _________________.
Paul: Glad to see you, See Hun.
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See Hun: Glad to see you, too. _________________________________.

Suda: OK. Bye. See you later.
Paul: __________________________________________.
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