Very helpful role plays on polite requests.
This is a fun conversation class to help students with language for making, accepting and rejecting polite requests in work or home situations. Here is the link to the handout.
Start by asking students the following:
Have you ever asked for a pay rise?
Have you ever asked for time off?
When was the last time you asked for permission for something? What was it? How did you ask?
First have students brainstorm language of polite requests, then go over the language in the handout.
Making Requests
I was wondering if it would be possible to…….
Is there any chance that I could…….
Would it be alright if I……..
I believe I’m entitled to/I deserve…… (a pay rise/a day off)
Giving Reasons
You see the thing is……………
The problem is that………….
Accepting Requests
Ok, I don’t see why not.
Of course.
No problem at all
Adding Conditions
As long as/provided…
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