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Registering for the Course English > Level B2.2 Upper intermediate
English > Level B2.2 Upper Intermediate

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Let's be mindful!

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Describe necessity, duty, advice, or • I can talk about education and character traits.
strong dissaproval in written and spoken • I can express what is and isn't necessary in the
situations according to work and social present and in the past.
contexts. • I can clarify my opinion.

Ask your partner:

• What do you know about the practice

of meditation? Would you try it or
recommend it?
• What other things can you do to feel
more relaxed?

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Takeaway Registering for the Course
Registering for the Course English > Level B2.2 Upper intermediate
English > Level B2.2 Upper Intermediate

Let’s Explore!

Vanessa registers for her new courses!

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Vanessa: Hi. I'm here to register for my classes.

Registrar: First you must present three pieces of ID and a document from your last
school, as well as your student number.
Vanessa: Which document?
Registrar: I'm referring to the transcript from your last school.
Vanessa: Okay. Do I have to have proof of address?
Registrar: No. These are fine. Okay, so which courses have you selected in your
program?
Vanessa: I have selected the three core courses that I have to take, but not the
electives. To be honest I'm not sure if I should choose Food and Beverage
Management because I took something similar at Culinary school .
Registrar: If you take Food and Beverage you'll learn a lot about budgeting, specifically
for smaller restaurants.
Vanessa: It seems to me that would be beneficial. I'll sign up for that elective and the
one called Advanced Wine Studies and Management before they are full.
Registrar: Okay, I must inform you that, as of today, if you drop or withdraw from that
course in particular, you won't receive a refund. When you commit to that
course, it's permanent, because it is so popular and limited to a small
number of students. As soon as you are enrolled in all five courses, you will
receive confirmation via email.
Vanessa: In case I forget, will you tell me which courses have the biggest work load?
Registrar: Yes. If you ask me, Management and Food operations seems the heaviest.
By that I mean that there are numerous reports, essays and seminars. Many
students have found it difficult to take a full course load when that course is
part of it. You have to keep on top of your assignments and you must not
get behind. Well, you're all set! Before you leave please use the computer in
the foyer and enter your student number to activate enrollment.

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Let’s Practice!

Vanessa needs to get familiar with vocabulary related to registering at her college.
Instructions: Read the clues to complete the crossword. Write the word in the corresponding
box.
Down 3
1. An exact written copy of something, as
in grades from University, college or
high school. 1
3. A short piece of writing on
a particular subject, especially one done
by students as part of the work for 2
a course.
Across
2. The amount of work to be
done, especially when talking about a
course or studies in general.
4. The process of calculating how
much money you must earn or save
during a particular period of time, and 4
of planning how you will spend it.
5. a course that is part of a program at a
university, but that is not part of a main 5
program

Let’s Practice!

The secretary is explaining important information to Vanessa.

Instructions: Classify the sentences into the correct category.
a) You can register to elective courses if you d) Before you leave please use the
want. computer.
b) You have to keep on top of your e) After finishing the course, please let us
assignments. know.
c) You may choose to drop the course within
one week.
Necessary Not Necessary

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Takeaway Registering for the Course English > Level B2.2 Upper Intermediate

Extension Activity

Explain the registration process to a friend.

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Reread the dialogue paying attention to

Self-Assessment Yes No
the vocabulary.
b) Tell someone what you need to present
I read about education
or show them in order to express what's
registration.
necessary in registering for your school,
college, etc. (use must, have to, I express what's necessary in
mustn't) registering for a school,
c) Listen to step by step registration college, etc.
instructions online. I listen to a step by step
registration process in
English.
Target Words

• transcript (noun): an ​exact written ​copy of • workload (noun): the ​amount of ​work to
something, as in grades from University, be done, ​especially by a ​particular ​person or
college or high school ​machine in a ​period of ​time
e.g. You must present three pieces of ID e.g. Will you tell me which courses have the
and a transcript from your last school. biggest work load?
• budgeting (noun): the ​process of ​ • essay (noun): a ​short ​piece of writing on a ​
calculating how much ​money you must ​earn particular ​subject, ​especially one done by ​
or ​save during a particular ​period of ​time, students as ​part of the ​work for a ​course
and of ​planning how you will ​spend it e.g. That course has numerous reports,
e.g. If you take Food and Beverage you'll essays and seminars.
learn a lot about budgeting. • to keep on top of (expression): to stay
• proof of address (noun): an official paper well-informed about the status of someone
that states your name and current address or something.
to prove where you live e.g. You have to keep on top of your
e.g. Do I have to have proof of address? assignments and you must not get behind.
• to drop a course (expression): to officially • to be all set (expression): to be prepared,
say you will no longer be attending a class ready, or primed to begin or complete a
e.g. I must inform you that, as of today, if task at hand
you drop that course in particular, you won't e.g. Well, you're all set!
receive a refund. • to withdraw from a course (expression):
• full course load (noun): the maximum to officially stop taking a course
number of courses you can take in a e.g. I must inform you that, as of today, if
semester you withdraw from that course in particular,
e.g. Many students have found it difficult to you won't receive a refund.
take a full course load when that course is
part of it.

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Learning Points

Expressing Necessity in the Present and in the Past

You use the modals must and have (got) to to express necessity in the present and in the
past.
You use the negative forms of the modals need to and have to to express absence of
necessity in the present.

Must refers to a necessary condition that comes from the subject and may be directed at
the subject or the person the subject is talking to or about. It is used to express a strong
necessity.

Example:
First, you must present three pieces of ID.

Have (got) to refers to an obligation, which come from someone / something other than
the subject. This could be a rule or a regulation that the subject has no power to change. It
expresses urgency and necessity, but to a lesser degree than must does.

Example:
If you want to pass this course, you have to keep on top of your assignments.

To express the absence of necessity, you use the negative form of have to (don't have
to), not mustn't.

Example:
You don't have to select all your core subjects this semester.

You can only express necessity in the past with the modal have to.
Structure:
subject + had to + infinitive

Example:
I had to drop out of one of my classes last semester.

You can express the absence of necessity with the negative form of have to in the past.
To do this, you use the structure: :
subject+didn't + have/need + infinitive.

Example:
Food and Beverage Management was an easy course. I didn't have to work too hard on that
subject.

Absence of necessity can also be expressed by negative form of need.

Examples:

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Takeaway Registering for the Course
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English > Level B2.2 Upper Intermediate

Learning Points

• First you must present three pieces of ID and a document from your last school, as well as
your student number.
• Do I have to have proof of address?
• I have selected the three core courses that I have to take.
• I must inform you that, as of today, if you drop or withdraw from that course in particular.

Clarifying your opinion

You use linking expressions to express your position and to show how ideas are connected.
You use linking expressions to clarify your opinion.

Discourse markers can show a connection to what you want to say and what was said
before. They can also show your position and opinion on a particular situation.
Linking expressions are used to further explain and clarify your opinion or position on a
subject. They follow a previous statement or sentence and build on that idea.

Example:
By this I mean ...
I'm referring to ...
To be honest ...
That is to say ...

Examples:
• I'm referring to the transcript from your last school.
• By that I mean that there are numerous reports, essays and seminars.
• To be honest I'm not sure if I should choose Food and Beverage Management because I
took something similar at Culinary school .

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