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6.1.1 Conversational Skills: Disagreeing politely

English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Ways of disagreeing politely
  • Conversational strategies and non-verbal cues for mood and feeling
  • Dialogues on rehabilitation and peer pressure that model polite disagreement

What you will be able to do

  • list ways of disagreeing politely
  • use conversational strategies to disagree appropriately
  • apply non-verbal cues to express varied moods and feelings
  • advocate for the need to speak politely during communication

Key questions

“Which words or phrases are used to show politeness?”

“How do you use non-verbal cues to express different moods and feelings?”

Lessons

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  1. Ways of disagreeing politely
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    List polite disagreement phrases, then match them to replies in a short rehabilitation-themed dialogue.
  2. Non-verbal cues and a polite-no dialogue
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Match face, voice and hands to a polite no, then write and present a short disagreement dialogue.