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1.1.2 Speaking: Etiquette
English · Grade 10 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Polite language in social situations
- Greetings, introductions and leave-taking
- Making requests, refusing and apologising politely
- Turn-taking and interrupting appropriately
- Register: adjusting formality to the listener
What you will be able to do
- use polite expressions in social situations
- make requests, refusals and apologies appropriately
- observe turn-taking in conversation
- adjust formality to suit the listener and occasion
Key questions
“Why does the same request sound rude from one person and polite from another?”
Lessons
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Polite language
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizWhat makes a request polite, and how to refuse without causing offence.
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Turn-taking and register
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizSharing a conversation fairly, and matching your language to your listener.
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Practising a full polite exchange
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRunning a greeting, the business and a closing as one conversation, not as isolated sentences.
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Etiquette in mixed company
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAdjusting register, turns and politeness when several listeners are in the same conversation.