English II · A1.2. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students talking on campus, with the flags of Honduras and the United Kingdom, Big Ben and a red London bus.
English II · Lesson 9 · Step 1 of 4

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 8 (Hotel, hostel or rental?): your product, your glossary and «I can say what I'd like politely.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Polite requests with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can book accommodation and make polite requests.

Puedo hacer una reservación y peticiones corteses.

Open the URA of Lesson 9 · I PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the I PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Polite requests

I'd like to book… · Could I have…? · Can I…? · Do you have…? Answer: Of course. / I'm sorry, we don't.

GuestReceptionist
I'd like to book a room for two nights.Of course. Single or double?
Could I have a late check-out?Yes, until 1 p.m.
Do you have a room with a desk?I'm sorry, we don't.
What time is breakfast?From 7 to 10.
En español

«Could» es más formal que «can». En simulaciones usa siempre datos ficticios (nombre, tarjeta, pasaporte).

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Comunicativa, about polite requests: Could I…? Can I have…? I'd like to book…. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Open SofIA for Lesson 9 · I PAC

Your career, your examples

I PAC · January – MaySportLate March or early April · approx.London (River Thames)

Cultural Corner · The Boat Race (Oxford v Cambridge)

This week: You'd like to watch the Boat Race by the Thames. Write a polite booking message to a hotel.

The Boat Race is on the River Thames. Students from Oxford and Cambridge are rowing. Thousands of people can watch from the bridges.

Key words

  • rowing remo
  • river río
  • university universidad

Fact

The first race was in 1829. The course is about 6.8 kilometres.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Training and teamwork.
  • Engineering & technology: Boat design.
  • Business & economics: University traditions.
  • Education, humanities & communication: A rivalry between two universities.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: A clean River Thames.
Mirror Honduras. Is there a rivalry between universities or schools in Honduras?

Official source

Mission: Find the length of the course. Write it in kilometres.

Cultural competency: I can say what Boat Race is (Late March or early April), use Polite requests to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my I PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

Could I…? = ¿Podría…? · Can I have…? = ¿Me da…?

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Could I have…?: Pourrais-je avoir… ? (FR) · Eu poderia ter…? (PT) · Potrei avere…? (IT) · Könnte ich … haben? (DE).

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

Indirect, polite requests are very common in British English. In Honduras we say «¿Me regala…?». Which forms are polite in each place?

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Help a friend fill in a hotel booking form (fictitious data) and explain each field.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · LiteratureEngland, U.K. · 1813

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

A famous novel about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy. People in the story are very polite… but not always nice!

You use it in: 4 · Assignment · Activity 33

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in102_lessons.js (lección 9). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.