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Carll101
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| it just seamed too obvious, the differences a 10 year old could pick up |
It won't be so obvious for a lot of students. You have to be able to explain it correctly, like the way Santi84 did in his/her post. |
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fluffyhamster
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Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| santi84 wrote: |
I use my trusty chart (below). Draw it on the board and write out the basic tenses.
<---PAST---|---PRESENT---|---FUTURE--->
Using a longer line, add other tenses to the graph (ie. past perfect, simple past, present perfect) and make them stand out using a bold colour/star/whatever. Write your sentences in their appropriate spot on the line, or above it and use an arrow to point to the appropriate tense.
I'm sure there are plenty of great ways to teach this but I prefer a visual method! |
| Carl101 wrote: |
| It won't be so obvious for a lot of students. You have to be able to explain it correctly, like the way Santi84 did in his/her post. |
Sorry, but where was the explanation (much less '"correct" explanation')? I can see the point I suppose in timelines (not that I can recall the last time I ever drew one for anybody!), but the above doesn't even tell one how to draw/distinguish different tenses and aspects, let alone what those graphic differences would be meant to signify in their shorthand way (i.e. the teacher at least should know what they or others are attempting to represent); as it is, it sounds almost like just a table for organizing sentences under three main "tense" headings or something. Care to elaborate? (Not that interested newbs couldn't Google a few links or find something in a methodology guide somewhere/elsewhere, ultimately).    |
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