ENG 099 Conversational American English (Dec. 2012) Atom 2: Friendly American English Greeting
Vocabulary
- Yo = Hello
- What’s up? = How are you?
- Not much = I’m fine. = Fine, thank you.
- You? = And you? (as a response to an earlier What’s up?)
Video
- Please watch and take notes on the video below from 6:52 to 11:25 [4 minutes 33 seconds] to see the “Friendly American English Greeting” explained by Mr. Danoff!
- If you can’t see the video below, click here to watch it on YouTube.
Slides
- Please consult these slides with the text below from A and B to practice the International English Greeting again.
Figure 1: Friendly American English Slide 1 of 3
A: “Yo.”B: “Yo.”
- A: “Hello.”
- B: “Hello.”
- A: “How are you?”
- B: “Fine, thank you. You?” (Same meaning as “Fine, thank you. And you?”)
- A: “Fine, too, thank you.”
Exercise
- Between “International English” or “Friendly American English” which greeting do you prefer? (1 to 3 sentences)
- Please leave your answer in the comments, or via Facebook, P2PU and/or Wikiversity.
Copyright Notes
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- Atom Text Copyright © 2012 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
- Video 1: Lecture 1 from 3:00 to 6:36 via YouTube. Copyright © 2012 by Charlie Danoff/Mr. Danoff’s Teaching Laboratory. Rights Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
- Figure 1: International English Greeting Slide 1 of 3 via Wikimedia Commons. Copyright © 2011 by Charlie Danoff/Mr. Danoff’s Teaching Laboratory. Rights dedicated to the Public Domain under the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
- Figure 2: International English Greeting Slide 2 of 3 via Wikimedia Commons. Copyright © 2011 by Charlie Danoff/Mr. Danoff’s Teaching Laboratory. Rights dedicated to the Public Domain by author under the CC0 PD Dedication.
- Figure 3: International English Greeting Slide 3 of 3 via Wikimedia Commons. Copyright © 2011 by Charlie Danoff/Mr. Danoff’s Teaching Laboratory. Rights dedicated to the Public Domain by author under the CC0 PD Dedication.
3.3 FRIENDLY AMERICAN ENGLISH GREETING
3.3.1 VOCABULARY
3.3.2 SLIDES
Figure 6: Friendly American English Slide 2 of 3
- A: “What’s up?”
- B: “Not much. You?”
Figure 7: Friendly American English Slide 3 of 3
- A: “Not much.”
Revision History:
- December 15, 2012 at 01:09 by Mr. Danoff
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