Grammar II - Week 12 - Modals of Advice and Necessity

Introduction: Hello and welcome to Week 12 of the course English Grammar II. In this course we will cover an intensive survey of a variety of grammar topics. The purpose of this blog is to facilitate our synchronous class activities and to serve as a record that you can refer back to for study purposes.

Today's Goals:

• Collaborate with your partners to complete a grammar study guide document explaining the main features of modals of advice and necessity.
• Complete some grammar practice exercises to clarify your understanding of these structures.
• Use modals of advice and obligation in a roleplay to correct someone's behavior. 

Community Builder: Cultural Differences

Watch the video and answer the questions.

• What is the context of the scene?
• What happened in the video?
• How did the man probably feel?
• How did the other peopel probably feel?

• What could explain this situation?
• What are some other cultural "do's" and "don'ts" that you have experienced or heard about to be polite in other cultures?

Grammar Expansion: Advice and Necessity

Click on your group link below and comple the exercises to review the grammar points for this week.

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE

Collaborative Practice: Advice and Necessity

Let's practice some of these concepts a bit more. Click your group link and follow the instructions in the document.

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE

Communicative Activities: Advice and Necessity

Click on the blog link below and comple the exercises to review the grammar points for this week.

• Student A: CLICK HERE
• Student B: CLICK HERE

Group Discussion: Roleplay - Rules for Life

Read one of the scenarios below. Then click play on the video timer and two students have a conversation for one minute to resolve the situation. You can give advice and also remind the person about their obligations. When the time is over, you can read another scenario, Click play on the video timer, and act in another scene. 

Scenario 1: Social Media

Jessica is a customer service representative at SuperMart, a clothing store. She is friends with most of her coworkers on Facebook. Her boss recently looked at her Facebook profile and noticed that many of her posts, likes, and messages happen during working hours. Jessica thinks there’s nothing wrong with checking her FB on her phone as long as she gets her work done. Her manager wants to speak with her about this.

Scenario 2: Student Complaints

Jeff is an economics professor at a private university. Recently, his supervisor has received many complaints from Jeff’s students about the quality of his classes. Students say he is not prepared for class. They say he spends a lot of time talking about politics and his personal opinion about topics in the news instead of talking about content related to the course. They also say that his exams contain information that they never saw in class. Jeff’s supervisor wants to have a meeting with him to talk about the situation.

Scenario 3: Punctuality

Lindsey works as a cashier (cajera) at the National Bank downtown. She is a hard worker and is very meticulous with her job. However, she has had many problems with punctuality recently. She frequently arrives 5 or 10 minutes late and she always has an excuse. Her manager has already spoken with her about this problem and she promised she would make and effort to arrive on tie. However, the problem has continued and she was 25 minutes late for work this morning. Her manager called her into the office for a meeting. 

Scenario 4: Computer Use

John is an employee at DataTech where he is in charge of customer accounts. The IT department has received complaints from many employees about the slow WIFI recently so they started investigating. They discovered that John frequently uses the WIFI to stream music, movies, and podcasts on his company laptop during working hours. His supervisor wants to have a meeting with him to discuss the topic.