Teacher asking for help US

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Asking for Help

Warm-Up

A HELPING HAND

In English, “a hand” sometimes means “help.” You can say “I need a hand”

when you need help You can ask “Do you need a hand?” when others

Let’s Learn

Being able to ask for help is an important language skill In this lesson,

you will learn a few di erent ways to ask for help You will also learn

how to o er assistance to others and how to tell others you can t help

Note:

The phrase to give a hand

can also mean to give a round of applause (to clap).

Useful Expressions

Listen to your teacher ask for and o er help

Then recite these phrases together as a class

Asking for Help

• Could you give me a hand?

• I could use some help

• Help me, please

• Do you have a minute?

• Would you mind lending me a hand?

• Can I ask a favor?

• Can you do me a favor?

• I have a favor to ask you

• I need a big favor.

• Can you help me (base verb)?

• Could you (base verb) for me?

O ering Help

• Can I help you?

• Do you need a hand?

• What can I do for you?

• Is there anything I can do to help you?

• Is there anything else?

• Can I be of assistance?

A Questions

B Responses

Agreeing to Help

• Of course

• No problem

• Sure

Accepting Help

• Thank you!

• I appreciate it

• Thanks for your help

• You re the best

Declining Help

• m okay, thanks

• That s okay

• Thanks for o ering

• m all right

• m ne Thanks, though

Read the dialogue and practice with a partner

Dialogue 2

OFFERING TO HELP

A: Is there anything I can do to help?

B: Not at the moment, thank you

A: Really? You look so busy

B: There is one thing you could do

A: Just say the word

B: Would you mind closing the windows?

A: No problem

B: I appreciate it

Dialogue 3

DECLINING HELP

A: Those boxes look heavy Can I give you a hand?

B: m okay You could hold the door for me, though

A: No problem Can I take something for you?

B: That s okay They aren t as heavy as they look

A: Is there anything else I can do?

B: m ne Thanks for o ering

Dialogue 1

ASKING FOR HELP

A: Would you mind lending me a hand?

B: Sure What can I do for you?

A: Could you hold the door open for me?

B: No problem Is there anything else?

A: Actually, there s a door downstairs too

Could you get that one as well?

B: Of course

B Sentence Building

Choose the correct word below each line to complete the requests for help

1 I ask you a favor?

2 Could you me a hand?

3 I wonder if you could me

4 you have a spare moment?

5 I could your help for a second

A Complete the Dialogue

Complete the dialogue, and practice with a partner

A: Those heavy Can I give you a hand?

B: m okay Would you mind holding for me, though?

Writing Practice

1.

(Do / Can)

2.

3.

4.

(to lend / lend)

(help / to help)

(Can / Do)

(use / to use)

Speaking Practice

Take turns asking for help with these tasks

Further Learning

A Declining

There are di erent expressions to use when you can t help a person

You can choose whether or not to add a reason

B Practice

Change the dialogue to a request that you made recently

Try your dialogue with a partner

Me: I have a favor to ask you

: What can I do for you?

Example

A: Can I ask you a big favor?

B: Sure, what is it?

A: I need to borrow 20 dollars

B: Oh, m sorry m broke

Useful Phrases

• m sorry can t

(Add a reason if you want to.)

• wish could, but can t

(Add a reason if you want to.)

• m sorry m busy right now

(Use this for an immediate request.)

• m sorry m not available

(Use this for a request in the future.)

1 Moving boxes

2 Making dinner

3 Doing homework

4 Looking after a pet

5 Picking up mail

6 Watching luggage

Task 3

ROLE-PLAY

Work with a partner One of you is a teacher who needs a hand The other is a student Role-play an exchange between the teacher and the student The teacher will accept help but then decline an additional o er of help Your teacher/classmates will answer the following questions:

1 What does the teacher need help with?

2 What happens rst? Does the teacher ask for help or does the student o er to help?

3 What type of help does the teacher decline?

Task 1

WORDS & EXPRESSIONS

List as many words and expressions

as you can to ask for help and o er to help

Task 2

COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE

Now complete the dialogue between two friends

B: Sure What can I you?

B: No Is there anything else?

A: Actually, could you ?

B: Of course

A: Thank you! You re the !

Achieved Achieved With Help Needs Improvement

asks for help or o ers to help

responds appropriately

uses polite language

speaks loudly and clearly

takes turns speaking

Asking for Help /

O ering to Help Speaking

Role-Play Assessment Tool

Notes

Student / Group:

Can I Yes (very well) Yes (with help) Not yet

use a variety of ways to ask for help?

use a variety of ways to o er help?

respond by accepting help or

agreeing or declining to help?

give a reason why can t help?

Learner Re ection

ASKING FOR HELP

Add check marks () to show what you've learned in this lesson

My Notes

Answer Key

LESSON DESCRIPTION:

In this lesson, students review language and useful

expressions to use when asking for help They also

practice o ering help and responding when unable to help.

LEVEL: Low Int TIME: 1 hour

TAGS: functional English, useful expressions,

socializing, asking for help, o ering to help

Dialogues

Read the dialogues out loud or in pairs

Writing Practice

A COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE

Answers will vary.

1 boxes look

2 the door

3 take something / do something else

4 m ne, thanks.

B SENTENCE BUILDING

(continued on the next page )

Let’s Learn

Go over the learning objective with your students

Warm-Up

ntroduce the term a hand, which can mean help/assistance, and

go over the various verbs that can be paired with it (give, lend, need)

Useful Expressions

Recite the words and expressions and have your

students repeat after you for intonation practice

1 Can

2 lend

3 help

4 Do

5 use

Speaking Practice

Put students in pairs to practice the scenarios

After they ve practiced asking for help, you could have them practice o ering to help.

Answer Key cont.

Further Learning

After reviewing the examples, have students repeat the scenarios

from the Speaking Practice section This time they will practice

saying no and giving reasons or excuses why they can t help.

Review (Assessment Tasks)

The last three tasks are optional and can be used for assessment

purposes and/or review practice Task 3 includes an assessment

tool that you can share with learners so that they understand

your expectations.

TASK 1

Give students a few minutes to make a list

of ways to ask for and o er help Answers will vary.

TASK 2

Have students complete the text based on words

and expressions they learned in this lesson Answers will vary.

TASK 3

If you want to use this task for summative assessment, hand out

the ready-made Role-Play Assessment Tool (page 7), or personalize

your own from a template in Shared Criteria for Success:

https://esllibrary.com/resources/2352

Place students in pairs and have them do a role-play for the class

(or just for you) using the scenario provided Alternatively, you

could provide a unique scenario for each pair using your own ideas

ABOUT THE EMOJI:

The emoji (and their derivatives) used in this lesson are from Twemoji, an open-source project by Twitter They are licensed under CC-BY 4.0 https://github.com/twitter/twemoji

SPELLING NOTE:

This lesson shows the American spelling of the words Favor and Practice Most other English-speaking countries spell these words this way: Favour and Practise (when used as a verb; Practice

when used as a noun) Make it a challenge for your students

to nd these words in the lesson and see if they know the alternate spellings

Learner Re ection

When you are nished with this lesson, have your

students re ect on their learning by lling in the chart.