LESSON 2

OPENING, PRE-CLOSING, AND CLOSING CONVERSATION

A. Introduction

Pada pokok bahasan ini anda diharapkan mampu menggunakan ungkapan pembukaan

(opening expresions), ungkapan sebelum menutup (pre-closing expressions), dan penutup

(closing expressions)

Untuk hal tersebut, anda akan belajar dan berlatih membuka percakapan dengan tegur

sapa (greeting) baik dalam situasi fromal maupun tidak formal. Demikian juga anda akan

belajar dan berlatih ungkapan-ungkapan untuk persiapan menutup percakapan (pre-closing)

dan sekaligus menutup percakapan (closing expressions)

B. Presentation

1.  Read and practice the following dialogues

Dialog 1. Opening conversation

A : Good morning George

B : Good morning Mary

A : How are you?

B : Fine, thanks

A : Hello, Mrs. Garcia, How are you doing?

B : Pretty good, thanks. How about you Pierre

A : Not bad, thanks

B : Good morning Mary

 2.  Dialogue 2. Pre-Closing

John : Hello, Bill. How are you?

Bill : Hello, John. I am fine, thanks, and you?

John : I am fine, thanks. How is Helen? Is she alright?

Bill : She is very well, thanks

John : Well, I think I must be off now. See you later. John

Bill : See you later, Bill

Conversation 2. Closing conversation

3.  Dialog ue 3. Closing

Keith : Have you got the passport?

Marry : Yes, here it is

Keith : And have you got the suitcase?

Marry : Yes, here

  Here’s the taxi

Keith : Good bye

Marry : Good bye. Thank you

4.  Language focus

a.  Opening conversation

1.  Peace be upon you

2.  Hi, hello, hallo (given name)

3.  What’s up?

4.  How is it going?

5.  How are you?

 b.  Pre-closing

Expressions Response
Thanks for coming It was fun
May be we could get together Sounds good
sometimes
Great seeing you Same here
I’ve really had to go OK. See you
Got to go now See you again

A: Good bye. See you tomorrow

B: See you. Take it easy

A: Bye! See you later!

B: yeah, bye!

A: Good bye!

B: Bye-bye. See you on Wednesday

Closing

C.  Exercises

Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate expressions and practice them with
your partners.

Mary  : .................., Dan.

Dan  : ..................Marry

Mary  : .......................................................?.

Dan  : Fine thanks, and you?

Mary  : I am .........................

Dan  : Well, here’s my bus. Bye, Merry

Marry : ......................., Dan. See you.

Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate expressions and practice them
with your partners.

Woman : ................Dr. Robert? How are you?

Man   : Oh, good morning. Dr. Wagner..................Thank you, and you?

Woman : ................, thank you