about the others. In English, some words seem "disappear", but the meaning can often be guessed by the context words, which are stressed and are easier to hear.

If necessary, play the recording twice. While checking the answers, play the recording again and pause after each situation.

Function File

Ask students to read through the function file and see if they can match any of the expressions with the gaps.

Deal with Ex 10.

Play the recording for students to complete the gaps and see if their guesses are correct. Ask individuals to read out the sentences. While reading, ask them pay attention to the intonation.

T: Now let's listen to the dialogues again and complete the Function File.

After checking the answers, ask students if the expressions are direct and not very polite or indirect and polite. Play the recording again for students to listen particularly to the intonation of the expressions.

Deal with Ex11.

Part 1

Play the recording for students to identify if the requests are polite and indirect or too direct and possible rude. Ask students to repeat the polite ones. Students should pay attention to the intonation.

Part 2

Play the recording first for students to listen. Then play again for students to repeat. Students should pay particular attention to the intonation.

Step IV Practice

Deal with exercises in Language power Lesson 2 varieties of English.

Deal with Ex1 on page 54.

Ask students to match the two parts of the request individually then check the answers with the whole class.

Deal with Ex2 on page 54.

Ask students to rewrite the dialogues in pairs using more polite language. Then ask