it's been awhile since I've updated my blog. It's not something I'm used to doing as I do not really appreciate writing my thoughts online for people to read. Anyway, I will now report about our next task which is Role Playing. Our group, which consists of Ahmad Muslim, Dayang Khairunnisa, Hishafinaz and I thought of a situation where all of us can be involved. I suggested to write about a phone call and an invitation to a housewarming party. We started with writing the dialogue and then we send it to our lecturer for editing. She returned the dialogue a day after and we immediately practiced the scenes involved.
The day came when we were to act our the dialogue in a role play. I almost forgot to mention that the purpose of this task is to identify the forms and functions used in everyday language. I will post the Dialogue below for everyone to see and thus understand our task. We were the 4th group to perform and I believe we did quite well, although we had a laugh because some of us forgot our lines. We enjoyed ourselves and hoped that everyone enjoyed the role play. The dialogue is posted below:
Dialogue
Housewarming Party
Scene 1: Invitation on the phone
Scene 2: Arrival at the house
Scene 3: Meal Time
Scene 1: Invitation on the phone
| Inaz: | Hello Hubert, it’s Inaz speaking. |
| Hubert: | Oh, Hi Inaz! |
| Inaz: | Yeah, it’s been awhile. How’ve you been? (to enquire) |
| Hubert: | Not too bad, thanks. And you? |
| Inaz: | I’m fine thanks. I’m calling because I wanted to tell you that I have moved to a new house just last month and I’m planning a housewarming party this Saturday evening. (to inform) |
| Hubert: | Oh that’s great! Where is your house? (to enquire) |
| Inaz: | Well, my house is in the Ocean Park residential area. I will text you the address and the information about the party. (to inform) |
| Hubert: | I see. I would love to come and celebrate you moving into your new house. Thanks for the invite! (to express gratitude) |
| Inaz: | It’s no big deal. Also, can you invite Muslim and Nisa also as I don’t have their phone numbers. I would like them to come seeing that we were quite a fun group during our time in the IPG. (to reminisce) |
| Hubert: | Sure thing. Those were good times indeed. I’ll let them know as soon as you’ve texted me your address. |
| Inaz: | |
| Hubert: | No problem. I’ll see you at the party! Bye. |
Scene 2: Arrival at the house.
| Muslim: | Assalamualaikum. |
| Inaz: | |
| Hubert: | Hello Inaz! (To greet) |
| Inaz: | Oh hello! You’re here with Mus I see. Is Nisa with you? |
| Nisa: | Hello Inaz. Yes I came with them as I didn’t know the way here. Thank goodness they wanted to pick me up. |
| Muslim: | It’s not a problem Nisa, what are friends for right? (to reflect) |
| Hubert: | Yeah. Wow, it smells really good in here, and your house looks superb! (to give praise/ admire) |
| Inaz: | Thanks Hubert. I did some renovations and tinkered with the interior design. I had my fiancé help me with the furniture choice. (to inform) |
| Nisa: | Talking about fiancé, where is the lucky guy? (to inquire) |
| Inaz: | Erm, he’s with his sister in the kitchen helping out with the cooking. |
| Hubert: | That’s interesting. You’ve got a man that cooks. |
| Inaz: | It’s all in God’s hands. I am blessed to have him. Here he comes now. (to show gratitude) |
| Fiancé: | Well hello there. |
| Hubert, Muslim and Nisa: | What?! (to express wonder) |
Scene 3: Meal Time
| Nisa: | I can’t believe that _________ is engaged to you. We |
| Inaz | I never expected it too. I suppose that’s what jodoh is all about. |
| Muslim | I’m happy for you Inaz. I also agree with Hubert that your house looks splendid. |
| Nisa: | Yeah, I admire you Inaz. You’ve done well. (to compliment) |
| Hubert | I agree. And the food your fiancé cooked tastes really good! (to compliment) |
| All | (Laughs) You never change, Hubert. |
Well done to all members of the team! Mdm. Ira
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