1. GENERAL CONVERSATION
TALKS
AT SCHOOL

2. Beginning the lesson

3. Greeting
•Good afternoon.
•Good evening.

4. Greeting
• Good morning (afternoon)
class.
• Good morning (afternoon)
everyone.
• Good morning (afternoon)
students.

5. Asking condition
• How are you?
• How are you today?
• How’re you, students?
• How’s everything?
• Is everything okay?
• How have you been?

6. • I am very well, thank you.
• I am fine, thank you.
• We’re very well, thanks.
• Not bad, thanks.

7. • And how are you, Sir?
Ma’am?
• And how about you,
Ma’am?
• And you?

8. •I am fine too, thank you.

9. Saying a Prayer
• Before we start the lesson, let’s say a prayer
together.
• Let’s say a prayer everyone.
• Let’s say a prayer, students. Shall we?
• Let’s say a prayer together. Budi, will you lead
the prayer, please?
• ………….
• Amen

10. Checking students’
attendance

11. • Is everyone here?
• Who is not here yet?
• Who is absent today?
• Let’s call the roll. Anita, Budi,
Johan
• Who hasn’t been here, yet?

12. • Present, Ma’am.
• I am here, Sir.
• Yes, Ma’am.
• She is absent.
• He has not come yet, Sir.

13. How Inquiring
students’ absence ??

14. • Why is she/he absent?
• Why?
• Is there any letter for his/her
absence?
• What happen to her?
• What’s wrong with her/him?

15. How Inquiring students’
being late ?

16. • Why are you late?
• Why do you come late?
• Why are you late again?
• Why do you always come late in
my subject?

17. Checking students’
readiness

18. • Are you ready, class?
• Are you all ready, students?
• Let’s start the lesson. Are
you ready everyone?

19. Inquiring the
previous lesson.

20. • Do you still remember our last
discussion?
• Where were we last time?
• What did we talk about last time?
• Where did we stop last time?
• Were we talking about …… (name of
the topic)

21. Stating the day’s
topic

22. • Today we’re going to discuss/talk about/deal
with …….
• Our today’s discussion is about…
• Students, today we will see/discuss ….
• Today we are going to do an experiment on ….
• Today we are going to discuss … Expansion
with the focus on ... expansion of solid.

23. Asking questions

24. • What happens if we ….. ?
• If we …. what will happen?
• What are the causes of ….?
• What are the effects of ….?

25. Giving remarks

26. • Right. That’s good.
• Excellent!
• Very good.
• Absolutely correct.
• Ok.
• Yes. Right.
• Nice try
• Not bad

27. Proctoring

28. •Be quiet, please!
•Work on your own
please!
•Keep silent please!

29. Checking the
student’s learning

30. • What was the topic we discussed
today?
• So far, what was the topic about?
• What have we discussed so far?
• What do we learn from the
topics?

31. Summarizing the
lesson

32. • In short, the lesson today was
about …
• Let’s summarize the lesson. It is
obvious that ….
• In brief, we can say that ….

33. Parting
• I hope you enjoyed the lesson.
• See you.
• Bye.
• Bye-bye.
• See you next week.
• See you on Friday.
• See you soon.