English Education and Leadership

 EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP
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EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP

ROLE PLAY

This activity aims at enabling learners to identify the leaders in our community by the impact of their language usage.

Select two students of varying sizes, a small boy/girl and a big one, go out of the room with them and ask them to act as the head prefect who has come to instruct learners to go and do some work for him. They can use the following words:

Small size: Good morning everyone, can I have your attention please? I have some important message to give…can the following students come with me please?...

Big size: the following students should come out now…
Then let learners say who they would respond to and why. Highlight the use of polite words together with words of authority.

Give a follow up exercise for learners to go and research on the words of politeness used in the following places:  Hotels, conference halls, markets, schools, mosque, restaurants, churches and any other alike.

Grammar point:

Words of politeness like: - Can I…; May I…Could I…; I wonder if I could…

With this exercise you also encourage learners to use the appropriate tone that goes with the polite words.

Polite words

Requests with can/could/may/might

1. Can is the most formal

‘Can I talk to you?’
Can I/we- when used by adults, it sounds more confident than could I/we.

2. May and Might are more formal than could.

‘May I have a book?
These requests are reported by: ask (+ indirect object) + for + object
He asked (me) for a book.
He asked for a book.
He asked if he might have a book.

3. Could/Might + I requests can be preceded by” Do you think I could…

4. Requests with could/will/would you-most useful request form

1. Could you please show me…
2. Could you possibly show me…
3. Couldn’t you… expresses the speaker’s hope for more favourable answer than what has been given.
4. You couldn’t…could you? Expresses a less hopeful request.
5. Would you has the same meaning as could you.
6. Will you is authoritative and therefore less polite. When used at the end of the statement it must be in friendly terms or else it will appear rude. Shut the door will you?
7. You will…won’t you? Is persuasive- You will write to me won’t you?
8. Would you mind…(polite request)
9. Perhaps you would… expresses confidence that the other person will perform this service.
10. Would you like to…polite request
11. Would you be so kind enough…

Would you be so kind as to…
I wish you would…implies the person should have been
           
Requests with might

1. You might… expresses a casual request or sometimes it might be rude.

You might post them for me.

2. Intonation and strong stress on might can express reproachful request.

For example: You might help me implies why aren’t you helping me? You should be helping me.

Invitation.

1. Will you have/would you like + noun

Would you like a cup of tea?
Do you want…is not an invitation.
Will you have a cup of tea?

2. Would you like to… Both formal and informal

Would you have… both formal and informal
Will you have ….is informal.

Responses:

Yes please
No, thank you
Wouldn’t like (not possible)

    3.     If the speaker doesn’t expect an acceptance
You wouldn’t like another drink, would you?

Advice forms

1. Must, ought to and should

 For example:

You should grow your own vegetation

You ought to plant some trees.

1. You had better + have infinitive

For example:

You had    better eat.

He had better eat.

You had better start eating

1. If I were you I would/should + infinitive
2. I advise you + past tense
3. It is time you + past tense
4. May/Might as well + infinitive… it expresses unemphatic advice.
   
   EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP
   DEBATE
   
   Give the class a motion that may be similar to the one below.
              
   ‘Language is the key to moulding character.’
   The rest of the arrangement takes on the usual procedure for the debates.
   The teacher should note the general use of language by learners and how it can be enhanced for better use.
   Give learners ID numbers for assessment purposes.
   Have a team of assessors amongst learners.
   Grammar point:
   Use of the perfect tense
   EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP
   WRITING EXERCISE
   Biography writing:
   Brainstorm with learners as to what a biography is.
   The following questions will be helpful:
   Who is the personality?
   What has he done?
   What has he said?
   Why are they famous?
   Ask learners to write a biography for two of the following people:
5. Jesus
6. Mohammed
7. Saddam Hussein
8. George Bush
9. Desmond Tutu
10. Nelson Mandela
11. Idi Ami
12. Dorcus Inzikuru
13. Yoweri Museveni.  

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