The Key to getting what you want/need: Politeness strategies!

Role-play situation #1: Imagine you are a tourist in Los Angeles and need to ask Mr. Information how to get to Santa Monica Pier. What types of questions might you ask?  How might Mr. Information reply?

Role-play situation #2: Imagine you are a tourist in Los Angeles and need to ask Mr. Information where you can find a good restaurant with a bar. What types of questions might you ask?  How might Mr. Information reply?

Role-play situation #3: Imagine you are Mr. Information and a tourist asks you to give him/her the time.  How would you reply?  What might be one typical question that the tourist would ask you about the time?

Role-play situation #4: Imagine you are Mr. Information and a tourist asks you what bus or buses he/she needs to take to get to Downtown Los Angeles.  How would you reply?  What might be one typical question that the tourist would ask you about the bus?

Role-play situation #5: Imagine you are a tourist in Los Angeles, it is 3pm, and you are lost.  You want to get back to the Hotel Barcelona where you are staying.  Who might you ask for directions?  What would you ask?  How might the person you chose reply?