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lisacatalina
Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Colima, Mexico
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject: Subjunctive mood |
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I am a new EFL teacher and I am about to teach the subjunctive mood. I am looking for a simple way to understand and to explain this topic. Can ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME???  |
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Philo Kevetch
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hello lisacatalina - Have you tried asking your question in the Teachers' Forum? I see you haven't gotten any responses here. Philo |
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Harmony
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 140
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:39 am Post subject: |
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Hi Lisa,
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-subjunctive.htm
has a fairly good explanation.
The subjunctive is one of those things you have to "get into" to truly understand it, so the more you can do yourself before you have to teach it the better. It can be taught simply or in depth. I recommend the former! Some forms of the subjunctive have fallen out of use. Does your job allow you to teach the practical use of the language or must you use a grammar-based approach? If I were you (a common use of the subjunctive), I'd teach it from a practical point of view, using groups of commonly used examples. I'll see what else I can find to get you started.  |
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Harmony
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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Here's a link to another good source of information. At the bottom of the page there is an excellent lesson plan which is:
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a direct application of the five step approach by Rod Ellis (above), designed to teach the problematic features of tense and subjunctive use of "were" in imaginative conditionals to adult students.
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http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Noonan-Noticing.html
The five step approach mentioned is excellent for teaching grammatical concepts which are difficult to understand and master.
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Many teachers are confused on how to teach grammar. The form-focused instruction of the audio-lingual method produced students that knew a lot about a language but could not apply what they knew to spontaneous speech. Conversely, the lack of grammar instruction in the Communicative Approach has often produced students who communicate well but lack grammatical competency. Is it possible to teach grammar in a way that will help students develop grammatical competency, even in spontaneous speech? This article explores a possible answer to this dilemma, the theory of noticing, and its application to the classroom. |
I'll look for more information for you later today.  |
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Harmony
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 140
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lisacatalina
Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Colima, Mexico
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:17 am Post subject: subjunctive mood |
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Dear Harmony and all others who replied with help on the Subjunctive Mood ,
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!! I understand it now more clearly and this will help me teach it to my students. Thank you again.
Lisacatalina  |
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