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    The document provides guidance on greetings and introductions in business English contexts. It recommends using formal greetings and introductions when first meeting someone, including stating one's name, company or job title. Sample formal and informal greetings and introductions are given. The document also provides examples of follow-up responses and offers of refreshments that could follow an introduction. An example situation demonstrates a formal introduction between two businesspeople in Bangkok.

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    Business English Greetings Lesson


    Almost every English course, Business English or otherwise, starts with introductions – and
    quite properly so, as often no one in the classroom knows each other or at least the
    students often won’t know the teacher and it is a good way to warm up the class and get
    everyone to relax a bit. And it is just good starting point for each course.
    While in a typical conversation class the we might focus more on hobbies and interests, in
    a Business English class our target language following our names should move toward
    explaining our job functions and our company.
    Unless your work setting is quite casual, the best option on the charts below is to use the
    FORMAL option. It is better to be more formal than to be too casual. Most non-Western
    cultures can be quite formal on initial meeting and being too informal can damage the
    potential of the meeting. Remember the Korea adage: First impressions are everything.

    First Meeting:

    Identification Company Information


    Formal:
    Good morning**, I’m . . . I’m from . . .
    Hello, my name is . . . I work for . . .
    I’m with . . .
    I’m in charge of . . .
    I’m responsible for . . .
    Informal:
    Hi, I’m . . . from . . .
    ** morning/afternoon/evening
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    Response to Introduction:

    Initial Greeting
    Formal:
    How do you do? I’m pleased to [finally*] meet you.
    It’s nice to [finally*] meet you.
    Informal:
    Hi, Nice/good to meet you.
    Hello, Pleased to meet you.
    Response to the Greeting
    Formal:
    How do you do? It’s nice to meet you too.
    I’m pleased to meet you too.
    Informal:
    How do you do? Nice/Good to meet you too.
    Hello, Pleased to meet you too.
    Hi, (very informal)
    * finally makes the greeting more cordial and friendly
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    Follow up with the initial response from the host


    might include:
    Formal:
    Please have a seat. Please join us at the table.
    Please take a seat. Can I get you a drink?*
    Informal:
    Have seat. Sit over here.
    Take a seat. Would you like a drink?*
    Please sit.
    * It is polite in many countries to offer tea or coffee to even an unscheduled
    guest. Later in the day, in certain countries or in a less informal setting,
    alcohol might be offered.

    SITUATION: Ms. Anderson arrives at the Bangkok Post to meet the circulation director,
    Khun Suwat.

    Formal Dialog:
    Anderson: Good morning, I’m Janet Anderson from Jiffy Transport Company.
    Suwat: How do you do? I’m pleased to finally meet you. Please have a seat.

    Informal Dialog:
    Anderson: Hi, I’m Janet Anderson from Jiffy Transport.
    Suwat: Welcome, come have a seat.

    NOTE: You can easily see that less formal dialogs tend to be shorter and use ellipsis (leave
    out parts of the sentence). Look at the differences in the formal and informal dialogs
    above to note how one is different from the other.

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