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Perspective Taking Worksheets: Polite Wording


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Polite Wording

How we say something is often as important as what we say. This worksheet gives students practice at modifying simple requests and opinions by using polite phrases in order to “soften” the statements to better received.

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Social Skills Worksheet Perspective Taking Worksheets: Polite Wording by Speech Language Pathologist Lisa Flowers

Perspective Taking Worksheets: Polite Wording

This PDF worksheet addresses listener presupposition by focusing on modifying verbal opinions and requests before speaking so as to yield improved responses.

This worksheet endeavors to improve perspective-taking skills through a focus on listener presupposition. Beginning with a written discussion about considering your listener prior to speaking (and why it's important to adjust your comments and requests to yield superior results). The activity supplies examples of polite phrases to apply to opinion statements and requests as well as a number of sentences in which students can incorporate these phrases. This helps students practice modification of their wording while simultaneously considering the needs of their listeners.

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