Chapter 2 This is me

Chapter 2 This is me

by Sofyan Hariadi

​Materi Bab 2

​Hello my students, meet us again here. On this occasion we will discuss about introducing material oneself and other. For those of you who just entered the class of 7 junior high school of course meet new friends at school, and do not know them. What do we usually do when we meet people we've never known before? What should we say if we want to meet new people in our neighborhood? Well here is an example of self-introduction expressions in English for friends who are in the 7th grade of junior high school.

​Introducing Oneself

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• My name is Chika (My name is Chika)

• My full name is Chika Andini (My full name is Chika Andini)

• My nick name is Chika (My nickname is Chika)

• Hi, I am Chika (Hi, I'm Chika)

• Hello, my name is Chika (Hello, my name is Chika)

• Good morning. My name is Chika (Good morning. My name is Chika)

• May I introduce myself? My name is Chika (Can I introduce myself? My name is Chika)

• Let me introduce myself. My name is Chika. (Let me introduce myself. My name is Chika)

• First of all, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Chika (Previously, I wanted to introduce myself first. My name is Chika)

• How do you do? My name is Chika (How do you do?. My name is Chika)

Responses

​Responses

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• Hi, I'm Andika. Glad to meet you. (Hi, I'm Andika. Nice to meet you)

• Hello, My name is Andika Pleased to meet you (Hello, my name is Andika. Nice to meet you)

• Good morning. I am Andika How do you do?. (Good morning. My name is Andika. How do you do?)

• How do you do? My name is Andika. Nice to meet you (How do you do?. My name is Andika. Nice to meet you)

​Introducing Others

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• Do you know Chika? (Do you know Chika?)

• Have you met Chika? (Have you ever met Chika?)

• This is a friend of mine, Andika. (This is my friend, Andika)

• Chika, this is Andika, my friend. (Chika, this is Andika, my friend)

• May I introduce my friendi? (Can I introduce my friend?)

• Please allow me to introduce our new Administration Manager. (Allow me to introduce our new administrative manager)

• Let me introduce you to Mrs. Lina our new Marketing Manager. Mrs. Lina. this is Mr. Lutfi from Java Plantation Company. (Allow me to introduce you to Ms. Lina, our new Marketing Manager. Ms. Lina, this is Mr. Lutfi of the Java Plantation company).

​Responses

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• No, I don't think so. (Apparently not)

• No, I haven't. (No, I've never been)

• Hi, glad to meet you. I am Andika. (Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Andika)

• Hello, Okki. Pleased to meet you. (Hello Andika. Nice to meet you)

• I am glad to know you (I'm glad to get to know you)

• It is nice to see you. (It's nice to see you)

• How do you do? (The phrase when I first met)

• How do you do? It is very nice to meet you. (How do you do? it's great to meet you)

​Examples of Text Introducing Oneself

​Good morning all, allow me to introduce myself in. My name is Ruby Anindita. I was born in Padang on 30 November 2009. Now I live in Bandung. Right now I stayed at my uncle's house. Now allow me to introduce myself further. I like things that smell of adventurous, and small things like reading, watching, and spent my free time by doing nothing. Okay now about me and my family, I am the second child in my family. I have a little sister, and she is kindergarten student. My father is a Teacher of English which is named Dodi Sudirman. While my mother is a housewife. I love my family more than anything. Well that's my introduction this time. Pleased to meet you.

​Examples of Dialogue Introducing Oneself

​Gilang: Excuse me. I don't think we have met, I'm Gilang. (Excuse me, it looks like we've never met, I'm Gilang)Nando:Hello. I'm Nando's. I am your new neighbor. (Hello, I am Nanda. I'm your new neighbor)Gilang: Oh really?. You move to the house next to me, aren't you? (Oh really? You moved into the house next to me, right?)Nando: Yes it is. Please come to my house this afternoon. I baked some cookies. (Yes. Please come this afternoon to my house. I've baked cookies)Gilang: Sure! Thanks. Nice to know you Nando. (Of course! Thanks. Nice to know you Nando)Nando: Nice to know you too Gilang. (It's nice to know you too Gilang)

​Example of Dialogue Introducing Others

​Silvia: That's Deri. Do you know him? (That's Deri. Do you know him?)Pipit: No, I don't. (No, I don't know her)Silvia: Hello, Deri. How are you? (Hello Deri. How are you?)Deri : Hello, Silvia. I'm fine thanks. (Hi Silvia, I'm fine thanks)Silvia: Deri, this is a friend of mine, Pipit Nurlaila. (Deri is my friend, Pipit Nurlaila)Deri: Hello Pipit. Pleased to meet you. (Hello Pipit, nice to meet you)

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