1) The document provides sample dialogues for general conversations that may occur at the beginning, during, and end of a classroom lesson. 2) It includes greetings, asking about students' well-being, saying a prayer, taking attendance, inquiring about absences or tardiness, checking readiness, reviewing the previous lesson, stating the day's topic, asking and answering questions, and summarizing. 3) The dialogues are intended to help structure a lesson and facilitate interaction between teachers and students.

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.