Tuesday, October 25, 2005
tonight's class
i thought i would tell you what i'm teaching my students this evening - the present perfect continuous v. the present perfect simple. keep in mind that the class is pre intermediate conversation, and i have to explain what words like 'normal' and 'understand?' mean. I have some games planned out, here is a brief description...
jigsaw mischief. where students put down clues (pieces of the puzzle) until their partner can guess what mischief a cartoon boy with long hair has been getting into. notice - has been getting into - this is the perfect continuous. brilliant.
an apology game, with pictures of things like a bug in a soup. the student with a matching card must apologize for putting the bug in the soup, and offer to fix the problem. some sample prompts i will likely give -
"adrian, why did you put that dead bug in timea's soup? what kind of a waiter are you?"
"erzsebet, your dog has gotten into the neighbor's yard and is digging holes again! will you tie him to a tree? or make sure your fence is latched?"
"oh no katalin, it looks like you have spilled hot coffee all over timea's baby! what do you say?"
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