1. Week 6: Advice and Decision Making
Giving Advice, Pronunciation Review

2. Warm-up: Survey your classmates
How do you make important decisions? Explain your process.
Who do you usually ask for advice? Why?
How did you decide to come to Sias?
How did you choose your major?

3. Giving Advice

4. Asking for and Giving Advice
What do you think I should I do?
I’m not sure what to do.
Do you have any suggestions?
Do you have any recommendations?
Do you have any good advice?
I think you should _______.
I recommend that you ______.
I suggest that you _______.
Why don’t you ________?
Have you thought about ________?

5. Practice
A: I am having trouble sleeping at night. What do you think I should do?
B: I suggest that you ____________.

6. (Two Teachers)
B: I have a student who always uses his cellphone in class and seems unmotivated to learn. I’m not sure what to do. Do you have any suggestions?
A: Have you thought about ___________?

7. (Two businessmen)
B: You are the owner of a small company. Your sales are down. Customers have complained that your employees are rude and your store is hard to find. You’re not sure what to do. Ask your friend to give you advice.
A: You are a successful businessman. Your friend comes to you to ask for business advice.

8. A: You live in Ping Ding Shan
A: You live in Ping Ding Shan. You have an American guest coming to visit your home. You don’t know much about American culture, but you want to make your guest comfortable. Ask for advice. B: You are a student at Sias and know a lot about American culture. Give advice.

9. B: You are an American coming to a Chinese university
B: You are an American coming to a Chinese university. You are worried about accidentally doing something taboo in China. You need some advice about how to avoid this.
Ask for advice.
A: You are a student at Peking University.
Give advice.
taboo /tæbu’/ (adj): something society considers inappropriate. (forbidden)
Ex. In America it is taboo to ask someone what their salary is.

10. Taboo in China
Taboo in America
Pointing your index finger at someone
Giving a clock for a present
Opening a present in front of the gift giver
Losing your temper publicly
Picking your nose in public
Asking someone’s weight, age, or salary
Extending your middle finger

11. What advice do you need right now?
Write a problem you need help with or a decision you need advice about on a piece of paper.
Write only one. Do not write your name.

12. Giving Advice to Your Classmates

13. Giving Advice to Your Classmates
Greet
Start a topic
Share your opinion
Agree and disagree
Use repair strategies
Ask questions
Make comparisons
Give advice
Pre-close and close

14. Quote of the Day
“Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.”
Proverb
This quote is talking about giving honest advice, not flattery (/ˈflætəri/ 阿谀).
How do you feel about giving advice even when it might be difficult for others to hear?
Would you rather be flattered or wounded?

15. Pronunciation: Around the World

16. paper
student
START
paper
student
desk
desk
notebook
backpack
FINISH
notebook
pen
backpack
teacher
computer
pen
teacher
computer

17. Thought – Sought
Mouth – Mouse
Fourth – Force
Thank – Sank
Thirsty – Thursday
Whale – Veil
Wine – vine
West – Vest
Fan – van
Leaf – leave
I can read. – I can’t read.
I can swim. – I can’t swim.
Woulja talk to me? – Couldja talk to me?
Eggs-n-tomatoes – Eggs AND tomatoes
Lucy-n-Lily – Lucy AND Lily

18. Homework
1,000 word essay.
“Poverty with happiness is better than money with tears.” Agree or disagree.
Next week: Midterm Review

19. April fools! No homework. 