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Giving advice and rules: should, must, have to

HES 104 · Developing English Language Skills — Week 10 of 16

CourseHES 104
Week10 of 16
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This week’s topics

Giving advice and rules: should, must, have to

  1. Advice with should
  2. Rules with must and have to

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Use present, past and future verb forms accurately.
  • 3.1 Speak with appropriate pronunciation, stress and conversation strategies.

Activity

Write and act out advice for a new student.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 5.6: Modal auxiliaries · PDF · Saylor (2012), should, must and other modal verbs; pp. 200–204 · for registered students
  • Hedging through the use of modal auxiliaries in English academic discourse · Open-access article · Hardjanto (2016), Humaniora. How modal verbs such as should, must and might change the strength of a statement. · for registered students
  • Grammar, Meaning and Pragmatics: Sorting out the Muddle · Open-access article · Swan (2007), TESL-EJ. Tutor reading on modal verbs: must for rules versus certainty, and how context decides. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Talking about yourself: the present simple
  • Week 2: What is happening now: the present continuous
  • Week 3: Telling a story: the past simple
  • Week 4: Building vocabulary: word families and collocations
  • Week 5: Reading for gist and detail
  • Week 6: Listening for key information
  • Week 7: Speaking clearly: sounds and word stress
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Talking about the future: will and going to
  • Week 10: Giving advice and rules: should, must, have to
  • Week 11: Writing good sentences
  • Week 12: Writing a paragraph
  • Week 13: Comparing things: comparatives and superlatives
  • Week 14: Writing an email
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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