Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015

Educational perspective: 
Schools and universities might also use the Internet to provide courses, so 
online learning will probably become a normal part of life. 
 
 
 

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 IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
 
 
85 
Talking about politeness 
In your country’s culture, how do you show that you are being polite? 
We really value politeness and good manners in the UK, and there are many 
types of polite behaviour. One of the first things we learn as children is to say 
"please" and "thank you". As adults, I think we are careful not to be too direct 
in the language we use. For example, we would never say "Bring me the bill" in 
a restaurant because this kind of direct instruction would sound rude. It would 
be much more polite to say "Could we have the bill, please?".