1. Session 5: Speaking practice
Time: 14:30 – 15:20
Objectives
Reviewing and getting to know some greeting formulae
Practicing greetings and simple inquiries in different contexts
Tasks
How do we greet others and make simple inquiries?

2. Task 11: How do we greet others and make simple inquiries? (1)
Some useful greeting formulae:
 How do you do?
Hi.
Hello.
How are you?
How are you this morning?
How are you doing ?
How are things?
How are you getting on?
How’s everything with you?
How are things with you?

3. Task 11: How do we greet others and make simple inquiries? (2)
I am fine. Thank you.
Very well. How about you?
All right. And you?
Not bad.
O.K.
Pretty good.
I’m doing fine.
Not too well. I have a cold.

4. Task 11: How do we greet others and make simple inquiries? (3)
Dialogue 1:
Speaker A is a new student. He majors in Engineering, and he comes from Manchester.
Speak B is a new student. She majors in German, and she comes from Liverpool.
They meet each other first time on campus.
Dialogue 2:
Speaker A is a new student. She majors in English.
Speaker B is a senior student. She majors in English too.
They meet each other first time on campus, A is eager to learn about the course requirement, workload, and the lectures in their departments.

5. Task 11: How do we greet others and make simple inquiries? (4)
Dialogue 3:
Speaker A is a new student. He studies Business.
Speaker B is a professor of Business.
She will teach the freshmen this term. They meet each other first time on campus.
Dialogue 4:
Speaker A is a new student. He studies Biology.
Speaker B is a student counsellor. She is A’s counselor this term.
They meet each other first time. B is familiarizing herself with A. A is telling B his plan.