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How To Ask Someone To Change Their Behaviour
Learning Objective: At the end of the session, the students are expected to be able to learn the correct way of conducting a conversation concerning the topic, "How to ask someone change their behaviour."
Starting a sensitive conversation...
1. I hope you don't mind me mentioning this but...
(Example situation) I really don't like it when you leave the toilet seat up.
2. I wondered if we could have a quick chat about...
(Example situation)
...the washing up.
Asking someone to change their behaviour
Would you mind...
Would you mind not...
It would be good if you could...
Suggesting different behaviour
keeping the toilet seat down?
cleaning the bathroom?
smoking?
shouting?
do the washing up.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT?
Vocabulary activity
1: Neil, I hope you don't ---- care mind me mentioning this...
2: Would you mind ---- keeping keep the toilet seat down after you've used the toilet?.
3: I wondered if we ---- would could have a quick chat about things.
4: It would be good if you ---- couldn't could do that otherwise we're just going to end up with cockroaches.