Exercise 10: Simulation Exercises for Making a Request
Read the situation below and complete the dialogue as if you were actually carrying on a real conversation with the other person. Type into each box in the sequence what you would most likely say at that point in the interaction. Later you will be asked to reflect on your language use.
Situation
You are enrolled in a large class at a major university in
Tokyo
. A week before one of your course papers isdue,you notice that you have two more long papers due the same week. You realize that it is not ever possible to finish them all by their respective due dates and decide to go to one of the instructors, Professor Tanaka, to ask for an extension on the paper for his course. This is the first time that you are talking to him in private. You approach him after the class session is over.
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