TAILIEUCHUNG - Teaching grammar creatively part 31

Likewise, traditional Practice activities always involve the learners speaking - often simply repeating - the new grammar structure. There is good evidence to suggest that forcing learners to speak before they are ready may interfere with the mental processes involved in restructuring (or re-organizing) their internal mental grammar. | 31 IF PRESENT PROGRESSIVE LEVEL Intermediate TIME 30 minutes Section A AIMS - to highlight the use of always present progressive to talk about annoying habits - to introduce the sentence pattern if present progressive for giving advice DISCOVERY 1. Write the following dialogue on the board and read it aloud A My dog barks all the time. B That s nothing. My dog is always barking 2. Ask the students to say why B s statement sounds more forceful more emphatic. The answer is that the use of the present progressive stretches the activity making it sound non-stop and continuous. Point out that because of this the present progressive always is often used to express annoying habits. For example My brother and sister are always fighting. 3. Continue the dialogue by writing a third line A If your dog is always barking take it to the vet. Point out that this use of an f-clause plus an imperative is a way of giving advice. 4. Ask the students to work in pairs and to write similar three-line dialogues that begin with the following lines My teeth hurt. My teacher shouts at me. My Dad smokes a lot. 5. Ask pairs of students to read their dialogues aloud taking different roles. CONSOLIDATION 1. Copy and hand out the following exercise. Ask students to match the two halves of each sentence. They can do this individually and then check together in pairs. Allow them to consult dictionaries if available 211 If your neighbours are always having parties tie it up. If your phone is always ringing hide them. If your dog is always running away eat something. If your nose is always running feed them. If your sister is always borrowing your things go and join them. If your stomach is always rumbling ignore them. If your friends are always making fun of you unplug it. If your cats are always miaowing blow it. 2. When you this task ask the students to mask the left-hand column and working in pairs to try and reconstruct the z f-clauses. USE 1. Write on the board Someone is always

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