INTRODUCING ENGLISH TO A STRANGER

To practice our English with a stranger, we should know:

1. We consider that the stranger is not busy

2. We consider that the stranger is friendly

3. We consider that the stranger is a native

4. We consider that the situation is not crowded

To begin our conversation, we frankly say that we are the student of SMK Profita Bandung in order that a stranger never predicts us an English guide, such as:

1.  Excuse me, is it alright to trouble you, because we are  students of SMK Profita Bandung and we mean to speak English with you.

2. Excuse me, we want to introduce with you, because we are students of SMK Profita Bandung and we have an assignment to practice our English with you.

Then we follow up our opening above with:

My name is........... (Just call-name) and what it’s your name?

X........................ (He/She mentions his/her name)

How do you do!! (Nice to meet you) and shake

To ask for other question, we should manage our question considerably or step such as the bellow:

Manner he/she comes and time-living:

1. Which country do you come from?

2. How did you come here from your country?

3. Why do you come to visit my country?

4. How do you feel during your trip?

5. By the way is it your first coming here?

6. What do you think of our country after you are here?

7. How long have you been staying here until now?

8. Will you plan to stay here for ages /for a long time?

9. By the way, where are you staying now?

........................................................etc.

His/hers interest:

1. By the way, anything makes you interested that you like my country as your destination?

2. How did you know about Indonesia that you are interested in our country?

3. Any specific/anything special aim beside your destination?

4. What do you think of our tourism places here?

5. And where have you been during here?

6. What kind of culture have you seen during you are here?

7. Don't you think that are impressed?

......................................................etc.

Whit whom he/she comes:

1. With whom do you come here beside yourself?

2. Are you alone?

3. How many persons are they?

.....................................................etc.

Seasons:

1. What season happens at this time in your country? It is winter, springs, autumn, or summer

2. What does the citizen do during.......?

3. During here, what do you think of our season?

4. Any trouble to your health or your body?

Sometimes we feel difficult to enlarge our conversation with them for our limited views or words-power that we will finish our conversation soon. Actually we ask some questions like:

1.  Politics

2.  Educational matters

3.  Cultures

4.  Living

5.  Works/experience

6.  Religion

7.  Economics

8.  Production

9.  Sports

10. English matter

If we want to take our picture with him or her, we can say:

1. Excuse me, can we take our picture with you?

2. Excuse me, may I take a picture with you?

If we manna ask for his/her address, we can say:

1. Excuse me, could you write down you home-town address here?

2. Excuse me, here is my names-card?

Finally, we can close our conversation when we consider that our time is up or a stranger feel tired and say:

1.   Well Mr......./Ms...... I must go now. It is nice talking English with you and so long!

2.   Alright Mr......./Ms...... I must leave now. I am very happy talking English with you. Thanks and see you later!!