How to be Polite in English - | Top Tips for Language Learners!

Опубликовано: 14 Январь 2025
на канале: BBC Learning English

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Learning to speak English in a polite way is generally very important, especially if you want people to help you with something. If you want someone to do something for you, there are different ways of expressing it in English, depending on how polite you want to be. Joanne shares our top tips on how to use language to improve your levels of politeness in English.

0:00 Intro
0:25 An order or a request?
0:50 Why questions are politer than imperatives
1:02 'Can' or 'could'?
3:00 Past forms and modal structures
3:22 Tone of voice

Sian teaches more about being polite in English here:
• Speaking: Being polite - how to softe...

Tim shows how avoiding direct language can make you sound more polite:
• Stop Saying... Avoiding direct langua...

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