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Study block 1 · U1

Professional openings and clear requests

By the end of this unit
  • Use a concise professional introduction in an appropriate real situation.
  • Use requests with action and deadline in an appropriate real situation.
  • Use clarifying responsibility and scope in an appropriate real situation.

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ගෙවීමට පෙර වැඩපත්‍රයේ අන්තර්ගතය, ගාස්තු සහ ලබාදෙන දිනය WhatsApp මඟින් තහවුරු කරගන්න.

පාඩම් සටහන් මුද්‍රණය කරගන්න.
01SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

A concise professional introduction

Learn it simply

  • State your name, role and connection to the meeting or enquiry.
  • Emphasise information useful to the listener rather than a complete career history.
  • A short introduction can end with a relevant question or invitation, helping the exchange become two-way.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

I am Ishara from customer services. I am coordinating today's training.

Moderate / Add a little

Could you tell me which team you are visiting?

More detail for teachers and confident learners

State your name, role and connection to the meeting or enquiry. Emphasise information useful to the listener rather than a complete career history. A short introduction can end with a relevant question or invitation, helping the exchange become two-way.

Professional language is clear, respectful and suited to the relationship. Start with the action or decision needed, then supply the relevant context. A request should state what, who and when without sounding unnecessarily forceful. Practise adapting the same message for a colleague, manager and customer. Avoid long introductions that delay the purpose. These examples teach communication choices; use imaginary data during practice and follow the organisation's own procedures for real work.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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02SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

Requests with action and deadline

Learn it simply

  • Name the required action, relevant item and deadline.
  • Could you is useful for a polite request, but it does not replace precise detail.
  • Explain a dependency when it affects urgency.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

Could you send the revised agenda by 2 p.m., please?

Moderate / Add a little

We need it before printing the meeting packs.

More detail for teachers and confident learners

Name the required action, relevant item and deadline. Could you is useful for a polite request, but it does not replace precise detail. Explain a dependency when it affects urgency. Check whether the deadline is realistic instead of presenting every request as equally urgent.

Professional language is clear, respectful and suited to the relationship. Start with the action or decision needed, then supply the relevant context. A request should state what, who and when without sounding unnecessarily forceful. Practise adapting the same message for a colleague, manager and customer. Avoid long introductions that delay the purpose. These examples teach communication choices; use imaginary data during practice and follow the organisation's own procedures for real work.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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03SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

Clarifying responsibility and scope

Learn it simply

  • Confirm which person owns a task and what completion includes.
  • Ambiguous words such as handle or sort out can conceal different expectations.
  • Ask about the deliverable, audience and next step.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

Will you prepare the summary, or only collect the data?

Moderate / Add a little

To confirm, I will send the final version to the whole team.

More detail for teachers and confident learners

Confirm which person owns a task and what completion includes. Ambiguous words such as handle or sort out can conceal different expectations. Ask about the deliverable, audience and next step. Summarise the agreement briefly so both sides have the same understanding.

Professional language is clear, respectful and suited to the relationship. Start with the action or decision needed, then supply the relevant context. A request should state what, who and when without sounding unnecessarily forceful. Practise adapting the same message for a colleague, manager and customer. Avoid long introductions that delay the purpose. These examples teach communication choices; use imaginary data during practice and follow the organisation's own procedures for real work.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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මෙම ඒකකයේ සියලු පාඩම් ආවරණය කරන වැඩපත්‍රය සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු සඳහා WhatsApp මඟින් විමසන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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ගුරුවරුන්ට පාඩම් සැලසුම් කර ඉගැන්වීමටත්, දරුවන්ට හා වැඩිහිටියන්ට තනිව පුහුණු වී විභාගයට සූදානම් වීමටත් මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය භාවිත කළ හැකිය. දෙමාපියන්ට නිවසේදී දරුවන්ට උදව් කළ හැකිය.

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ගුරුවරුන්ට පාඩම් සැලසුම් කිරීමටත්, දරුවන්ට හා වැඩිහිටියන්ට ස්වයං අධ්‍යයනය සහ විභාග පුහුණුව සඳහාත් මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය භාවිත කළ හැක.