1-D Group Work 2

Direction: Choose your own leader and talk about each of the following topics, using appropriate expressions for requesting, agreeing, and refusing by group. Then, write dialogue of two or more people in given topic on a sheet of one whole pad paper.

a.   Your group is assigned to give a report, but you have no time to read a whole book on the topic assigned to you. Divide the work among yourselves. b.  You are assigned to explore some library materials on modern Filipino writers in English. Imagine that you are in the library seeking the help of the librarian. c.   Pretend that you are listening to a lecture on the use of the dictionary. Request the lecturer to demonstrate ways of using the dictionary effectively. d.  Educators from Japan are visiting your school. Your group has been assigned to fix your homeroom library. A lot of things need to be done. Plan what you have to do before the guests arrive.

1-C Group Work 1

Direction: Make a polite request in each of these situations:

1.  You’re finding it hard to choose the correct meanings of words used in an assigned story. Ask your friend to help you out. 2.  Ask the librarian to lend you the books in this list. Webster’s New World Dictionary the latest issue of Reader’s Digest NVM Gonzalez’s The Bamboo Dancers 3.  You need information on Philippine ethnic communities. Your teacher has placed on reserve all references on the subject. Request the librarian to tell you where they are. 4.  Ask a classmate to do these things for you. a.         lend you a newspaper b.        explain some of the words in the headline 5.  You are cleaning the Reading Center. Ask the students to move over to the other side of the room.

1-B Requesting, Agreeing, or Refusing Work Sheet

A. Complete the dialogues below by adding appropriate expressions on a sheet of one-half crosswise pad paper.

1.   A: I can’t locate these scientific words in this dictionary.                        help me out? B:                                                              2.   A: Excuse me. I’ve been searching for The Social Cancer in these shelves, but I couldn’t find it.                       tell me where it is. B:                                                              3.   A: I’d like to read the latest books on computers.                     help me find them in the library. B:                                                              4.   A: We’re preparing a report on the works of Filipino scientists.                      show us some materials about them? B:                                                              5.   A: I need a dictionary urgently.                       lend me yours? B:

1-A Dramatization

A. Read the script below.

A TOUR TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARY Librarian: Well, here we are. Do you like it? Grace: Yes, it’s cool and quiet here. Anna: Ma’am, could you explain how all these books are arranged? Librarian: Certainly. I’ll do that as we walk past the book shelves. Grace: Ma’am, I wonder if you could lend me a dictionary. You see, I’m writing a report in English. I have to be very careful about my choice of words. Librarian: Sorry, I can’t do that. It’s a reference material that cannot be checked out. Grace: Why? I’ll return it tomorrow, Ma’am. Librarian: Reference materials are for room use only. Many students refer to them at all hours of the day, so these materials have to be in the library the whole day.

B. Answer the following questions.

1. What are the requests of the two students?
2. What expressions do they use in making these requests?
3. What expressions does the librarian use in agreeing to requests or in refusing requests?