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Muhamad Zaenal Abidin - 7 GWEP 2.1. Skill 6 - Making, Accepting and Declining Requests
Muhamad Zaenal Abidin - 7 GWEP 2.1. Skill 6 - Making, Accepting and Declining Requests
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil
.org/skills/listening/beginner-a1/
a-request-from-your-boss
A. INTRODUCTION
I. Preparation
1. Before Reading: What are three things you have to do that you need help with?
(e.g., Carrying a heavy bag, homework, doing housework, etc)
Susanne : Hi, Mario. Can you help me prepare some things for the next month?
Mario : OK, sure. What can I help you with?
Susanne : I need to visit the customer in Germany. It's important.
Mario : What can I do to help?
Susanne : Can you send an email to the customer? Ask them when I can visit them next week.
Please do this first. It's a priority and very urgent.
Mario : Right. I'll do it today.
Susanne : Thanks. This next task is also important. Can you invite everyone to the next team
meeting?
Mario : Yes, I will.
Susanne : But first you need to book a meeting room. After that, please send everyone an email
about it.
Mario : Yes, of course.
Susanne : And finally, can you write a short report about our new project? I have to give a
presentation to our managers next month. Please do it when you have time – sometime in the next
two or three weeks. It's not too urgent.
Mario : Sure, no problem. I can do it this week.
Susanne : There's no hurry. Take your time.
Play the recording again and read it out loud as you listen.
Book a meeting room Write a report email the customer email about the meeting
4.write a report
B. CONTENT NOTES
1. We have used modal verbs (“can” and “cannot”) for making invitations. You can also use
modal verbs to make requests.
There are many different ways of making polite requests in English. If you don't want to sound
rude when speaking English, then you need to know how to make a request in a polite way.
“Would you mind if I...? / Could I possibly...? / Could you possibly...? / Do you think you could...?”
to sound more polite, especially for demanding requests. If it is an urgent request that you
cannot accept, we usually say, “Sorry” before saying no.
II. Practice
1. (Individually) Write your own to-do list of 5 things you do on a very busy day.
1. Make daily covid data report
3. Sorting documents
2. Go to your partner/group. Practice using the phrases with your to-do list, and accepting or
saying no to requests that you make.
3. Show the class how you use the phrases for asking for and accepting or declining
requests.
C. LESSON WRAP-UP
II. Review
What is one big task that you would always say yes to? What is one task you would
say no to? Write short dialogues for them below (2 to 3 lines).
A. I will yes ye if :
a. Can i borrow your laptop ?
b. yes, sure i lend my laptop to you
B. I will yes no if :
a. Could i borrow your handphone ?
b. wll the problem is for me my phone are privecy