3º E Making Requests & Career choice

Making Requests

It's important to be polite when you ask for something.

You can make a request by using the following sentences

Prepare a New Dialogue in pairs, then act out a dialogue for the class

Polite Requests

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 that/on condition that you……..

Rejecting requests

I’m afraid that’s just not possible at the moment.

That’s out of the question.

I’m afraid I have to turn your request down.

  

Role plays

A: You are an employee in a company. Next weekend your best friend is having his/her stag/hen party (despedida de soltero). You have to ask your boss for the Monday and Tuesday after off work. Your boss will probably reject the request if he/she knows you are going to a stag/hen party.	B: You are the boss of the company. An employee comes to ask you something. This particular employee has seemed distracted recently and keeps forgetting important things.
A: You are and sales person in a company. You are very stressed and you need a rest, you have decided that you want to take a sabbatical to go and volunteer in an elephant sanctuary in Africa for a year. You need to speak to the boss. You are very hard-working and the company is doing very well because of your hard work.	B: You are the boss of a company. One of your employees comes to ask you something. You have heard a rumour that this employee wants to take a sabbatical. He/she is your best sales person and the company really needs him/her. You can offer him/her a pay rise, a promotion and a 1 month holiday.
A: You are a strict parent. Your son/daughter comes to you with a request about the weekend.	B: You are a teenager. Your best friend is having a massive party at his/her house this weekend because his/her parents are away, the boy/girl of your dreams is also going to be there. You need to get your parent’s permission to go but they are very strict and will not give you permission if they know it’s going to be a crazy party.
A: You are a teacher. Your best student comes to you with a request.	B: You are a student. You are very intelligent and you work very hard. You want to be a journalist. You have been offered a part time job in a national newspaper. If you take the job you will have to work from 9am-12am on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays but you have classes on these days. Speak to your teacher and see if you can find a solution.

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WRITING TASK HOMEWORK

Young Planet, an international youth magazine, runs a regular feature on topical issues. This month the magazine has asked readers to send in essays on the following topic:

When choosing a career, a person should   seek self-fulfilment rather than money.   It is more important to ‘live one’s dream’   than to earn a good salary.

You have decided to send in an essay arguing either for or against this topic. You should:

·         outline the main factors that influence a person’s choice of career

·         consider whether some jobs are more worthwhile than others

·         discuss the importance of a good salary when choosing a career

 Post your essay here as a comment