Development Journal: Unit 5: Teaching

Analyse target language for your class

Zeinab is a teacher from Morocco. She teaches in an Upper-Secondary School in Rabat. She is preparing to introduce the Present Perfect to her class of 14- to 15-year-old students. oo! at this table Zeinab has prepared. "an you thin! of any other e#ample sentences or problems the students might ha$e% Target language Present Perfect Form Positive (+) & 'ou (e )hey .e She &t Use ha$e *+$e, Negative (-) & 'ou (e )hey .e She &t uestion (!) & you /e they he she it

ha$en-t Past Participle hasn-t

.a$e

Past Participle

Past Participle

has *+s,

.as

to tal! about something in the past /ithout a specific time reference to tal! about something in the past but /hen the time reference is not finished &-$e /atched )0 this /ee! "#ample sentences to $emonstrate form% use an$ rule She-s /ritten a letter this month. &-$e been to Morocco. & ha$en-t been to "hina. "onfuse /ith Past Simple Pre$icate$ pro&lems m' stu$ents (ill have "onfuse finished time *e.g. +yesterday-, /ith unfinished time *e.g. +this /ee!-, &rregular past participles *e.g. go 1 been, Problems /ith contractions *e.g. +.e has...- 1 +.e-s-,

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)hin! of some target language you /ill teach to you class ne#t term. "omplete this table. Target language Present Perfect "ontinous Form Positive (+) & 'ou (e )hey .e She &t ha$e been Negative (-) & 'ou (e )hey .e She &t ha$e not been uestion (!) .a$e & you /e they he she it been

has

been

has not

been

.as

been

Use

-to tal! about action or state that occurred in the past and has continued up until no/ *the present, -to tal! about an action or state that has occurred recently or lately *near to the present,

"#ample sentences to $emonstrate form% use an$ rule

- & ha$e been tal!ing for the last hour. - 9enny has been teaching at the uni$ersity since 9anuary. - She has been /or!ing at that company for three years. - (e ha$e been /aiting for o$er t/o hours.

- "onfuse /ith Past "ontinous - "onfuse /ith the used of specific time *since, and *for, Pre$icate$ pro&lems m' stu$ents (ill have

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