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Asking for and Giving advice

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Asking for and Giving advice

I.        The Learning Objectives:
After practicing/finishing this sub competency, the students must be able to:
1.      Asking for suggestions
2.      Giving suggestions
3.      Use the expressions in asking or giving suggestions/advice in polite way

II.      The Material

Study the dialogue:

Student:
I'm terrible at English and I think I should do something about it. What do you advise me to do?

Teacher:
I think you should try this website. It's a fantastic website for beginners.
Student:
I've heard about it, but what do you think I should start with?
Teacher:
You'd better start with the lessons. Then, try the exercises.

 

Asking for advice:

  • I've got a bad toothache. What do you suggest?
  • What do you advise me to do?
  • What should I do?
  • What ought I to do?
  • What's your advice?
  • If you were me what would you do?

Giving advice

  • If I were you, I would go to the dentist.
  • Why don't you go to the dentist?
  • You'd better brush your teeth regularly.
  • You ought to/should avoid eating sweets.
  • If you take my advice, you'll go to the dentist.
  • It might be a good idea to brush your teeth on a regular basis.
  • I advise you to brush your teeth on a regular basis.
  • Have you thought about seeing a dentist.

Declining to give advice

  • I don't know what to advise, I'm afraid.
  • I wish I could suggest something, but I can't.
  • I wish I could help.
  • I'm afraid I can't really help you.

 

Things to remember about asking for and giving advice:

1. "Advise" is a verb.
Example: "I advise you to learn English. You will undoubtedly need it in your higher studies"
2. "Advice" is a noun.
Example: "My father gave me this piece of advice when I was young: never give up"
3. "Ought to" has nearly the same meaning as "should". The only difference is that "ought to" refers to a moral or external obligation but should is more of an advice.


Examples:
 1. "You ought to stop smoking.
 2. "You should stop smoking."
4. "You'd better" is the short form of "you had better"
Example: "You'd better see a doctor!" = "You had better see the doctor"

III.       The students’ activity
In this activity, students express advice (asking for and giving advice.) The materials needed are sheets of paper and pens or pencils. The activity takes about 50 minutes.
The activity
1.       Say loudly the following expressions of advice!
    • Asking for advice:
      What do you suggest?
      What do you advise me to do?
      What should I do?
      What ought I to do?
      If you were me what would you do?
    • Giving advice:
      If I were you, I would…
      Why don’t you…?
      You’d better…
      You ought to/should…
      If you take my advice, you…
  1. Discuss the following problems with your partner!
    • A bad headache
    • You need to give up smoking. You can’t figure out how.
    • A problem with a school subject.
    • Your PC broke and you need money to buy a new one.
    • You can’t sleep at night.
  2. Learners discuss and suggest solutions to these problems.
  3. Students write down a short conversation using expressions of advice.
    • A: Asks for advice.
    • B: Gives advice.
  4. Write down the problems you are facing in your life. Problems with deal with:
    • parents,
    • school,
    • health,
    • friend, …
  5. Each student writes a short note to a classmate stating his problem and asking for advice.
  6. Each student writes a response to his classmate suggesting an advice.

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