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[Clockout]

I often have difficulty determining the logical progression of my lessons. For example, which concepts should come first and which should come next.

I have spent the past couple weeks focusing on "Going to"-future.

What are some ideas for going deeper into this concept? Or what is the next logical step?

[proustme]

For starters, I'd first model "I will go to Germany" alongside "I'm going to Germany." Doing so, distinguishes that plans/arrangements are made in the latter, and the future being unplanned or made upon a moment's decision in the former.

[emilylovesyou]

Once your kids feel confident in getting "going to", try different verbs.

"I'm studying English tonight."
"I'm seeing a movie this weekend."
"She and I are walking to school tomorrow."

And then try "going to + verb"

"I'm going to study English tonight."
"I'm going to see a movie this weekend"
"She and I are going to walk to school tomorrow."

Try and have the kids expand upon basic "I'm going to + noun"

"I'm going to Germany." -> "I'm going to Germany next year." -> "I'm going to Germany next year with my family."

Teach them how to ask questions in that tense.
Have them ask each other those questions.

[Chet Wautlands]

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[detourne_me]

There is a difference
"I'm going to Germany." indicates the immediacy of the future action.
We use the present continuous tense for future actions when it is a split decision, or something that we are going to do relatively soon.

"I'm going to go to Germany." shows advance planning and determination.

For example think of what legal difference "I'm going to kill you!" and "I will kill you!" can make... manslaughter or premeditated?
This discrepancy is actually a good progression if you want to continue future tense.
Impulse decisions VS. calculated planning.
Present continuous VS. Future tense "will, shall and going to"

[babzie]

True!

[Fat_Elvis]

If they're low level contrasting 'going to' with other future forms will only overwhelm them, but if they're fairly competent then yes it's a good idea.

Find some kind of context they can use it in - making some kind of travel plan perhaps. Their interests will vary according to age.

Don't spend too long banging on about something or it'll just get boring. Move on to some other focus and you can come back to it later or just address it in class as you go.