Language Analysis for Lesson Planning Functional and Situational Language

Function
Context
Selected exponents underline form, highlight
stress, intonation and other phonological
features

Any other exponents that will come up?

Special features eg.

formal, informal

Anticipated problems / solutions

Questions for checking understanding of use,

appropriacy, pron, form

Language Analysis for Lesson Planning Functional and Situational Language

Function
Context

Giving advice
English classes

Selected exponents underline form, highlight

stress, intonation and other phonological
features

If I were you, Id follow a full-time

course.

Special features eg.

formal, informal

Polite, fairly
formal

If+PAST SIMPLE, WOULD+INFIN

informal
Youd better do the homework
task.
HAD+BETTER+INFIN

Any other exponents that will come up?

Anticipated problems / solutions

Exceptional use of WERE with I, not

WAS
Past verb form with present meaning
d is WOULD here not HAD
Stress is on infinitive, not auxiliary
Negative form is WOULDNT
Comma after first clause

Past verb form with present meaning

d here is HAD not WOULD
Use of better may be confusing
Negative form is YOUD BETTER NOT,
not YOU HADNT BETTER

Questions for checking understanding of use,

appropriacy, pron, form

Is the speaker telling the student

what to do or giving him an good
idea? _ good idea
Are the speaker and the student the
same person? No
Is the speaker imagining himself in
the same situation? yes
Is it a present situation or past? present
Do you usually say I WERE? No
What is d here? would
How does this soundnegative
example? - unfriendly
Is the speaker telling the student
what to do or giving him an good
idea? telling him
Is it a present situation or past?
present
Is it more or less formal than the
above example? less formal
What is d here? had
How does this soundnegative
example? - unfriendly