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I am a native of English what I find challenging sometimes vocabulary but I do alot of studying on it to become much better.
Our language is hard to learn because of the many inconsistencies. This makes for a lot of fun challenges for the teacher and learner. Here are some examples: Unlike Spanish for example, our vowels do not always have the same sound. I could have up to three sounds, or even no sound. Our verbs can be tricky. For example, I would say "they eat" but but "he eats", when normally an "s" makes things plural. The plural for mouse is "mice", but the plural for house is not "hice". Then there's the rules on where to put emphasis. In English, some words emphasize the first syllable, others the last, while others somewhere in the middle.
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The following are some of the challenges/problems English learners are often faced with:- - Pronunciation. - Vocabulary. - Grammar. - Spelling. - Listening Comprehension. - Cultural context. - Confidence and fluency.
something that is almost impossible to explain like dependent prepositions: depend on, angry at, remind me of, keen on and etc.
Believe it or not , as a native, sometimes I too have difficulty in learning new aspects of English, but from a learner perspective, it is always pronunciation.
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- Can you share your experience how you teach students conditionals?
What kind of method do you use to explain clearly each conditional for students? Do you provide some examples from real life and how you do it? Thank you!
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Tsebo Lucia Lehloa
The best approach is to expose students to the what conditionals are through explanation. Explain all the types of conditionals providing examples for each. Then the details of the structure of each type of conditionals would better come last, then strengthen understanding by having the student produce written and spoken language. Lastly, expose them to more reading and real life listening examples regarding this, sometimesas homework. To gauge their understanding of the structure, give fill in exercises.
- Could you explain me, please, when I need to use 0,1,2,3 and mixed conditionals? Thank you!
Can you provide examples?
Best answer
1. 0 (zero) conditional is general truth 2. First conditional (one) Real, possible future conditions 3. Second conditional,Hypothetical or unlikely future or present situation. 4. Third condition is hypothetical past situation with no real outcome 5.Mixed conditional consists of past conditions with present consequences
- What strategy do you use to get the student to schedule another class?
could get your strategies?
Best answer
provide homework or practice exercises, then follow-up with an email or a message and then invite them to book another class
