General Introduction to Teaching English

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1 GRAMMAR
Look at the verbs underlined in the following incorrect sentences. In each:
a) correct the sentence
b) name the correct tense
c) say what the meaning of the correct tense is. The first one is done for you.

1 I read a book at the moment.

a) I’m reading a book at the moment.
b) Present continuous
c) Used here to describe an action happening now.

2 He’s getting up at eight every morning.

a)
b)
c)
3 I’ve been to France two years ago.
a)
b)
c)
4 Can you come for a drink tonight?
Sorry, I’ll go to see Hamlet at the National Theatre.
a)
b)
c)
5 At the station I realised I left the tickets at home.
a)
b)
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6 I’m in Jakarta since last week.

a)
b)
c)

7 How would you explain to a foreigner the difference in meaning between

these two examples? He’s been to Paris/He’s gone to Paris.

2 VOCABULARY
A student asks you the difference between the following pairs of words. How would
you explain each pair to her?

Example rob/steal
He robbed the bank. He stole the money. You “rob” people and places and you
“steal” money and objects: so “rob” means to take something from someone or
somewhere.

borrow/lend

thin/skinny

win/beat

3 PRONUNCIATION
Say the following words aloud (try them in a sentence) and then mark the syllable
that takes the main stress.

Example: hospital understand

allow prediction controversial prefer preference

photograph photographic photographer record(noun) record(verb)

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4 LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

Look at the exchange below and the labels on the right.

A: Would you like to come to the cinema tonight? INVITING

B: Yes, I’d love to ACCEPTING AN INVITATION

We call these labels (e.g. “inviting” etc) FUNCTIONS. It is another way of

categorising language, this time thinking more about what the language is
actually doing. Look at the dialogue below and label the function of each
utterance. Put your answers in the boxes on the right.

A: Hey Bob.

B: Yeah?

A: Give us a hand with this suitcase could you?

B: Sorry but Jenny’s waiting for me.

A: OK. Never mind.

This is clearly an informal conversation between two friends. Write a similar

dialogue with the same number of lines and using the same functions between two
strangers who do not know each other.

5 APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING

You have a group of adult beginner students. You want to teach them
Would you like..? as in Would you like a cup of coffee? What would you do?
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6 Think of two different learning experiences in your life, one of which was
successful and one of which was not. List three main factors which made the
experience successful or unsuccessful.

SUCCESSFUL UNSUCCESSFUL

EXPERIENCE

THREE
FACTORS

7 Now think of your own experience as a learner of languages at school or

elsewhere. What conclusions would you draw from your experience as regards
what makes a good language lesson? Write a minimum of a hundred words in the
space below.
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