Teaching Ideas

Learning and Acquiring Language

Andy Hoodith
Saitama University

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TIME: 45 Minutes TOPIC: • Past/Present Simple Verb Tense Forms • Talking about the past & the present AIM: To increase student proficiency in using the Past Simple and Simple Present verb tense forms. 'LEARNING' Lesson 'ACQUISITION' Lesson

'LEARNING' Lesson
PRESENTATION	T: "Today we are going to study the simple past and present simple verb tenses. Can anyone give me an example of a verb in the past tense?" After getting or supplying a couple of examples, T shows the following table on the BB or on a handout: SIMPLE PAST (REGULAR VERBS) Infinitive: to play Simple Past: played If the verb ends in 'e' add 'd' only: Infinitive: to dance Simple Past: danced
ACTIVITY 1	T distributes the following list and reads the instructions to the class: Look at the lists of verbs. Fill in the simple past for each one: work watch listen cheer fold walk smoke stay save push pour look own hope finish
ACTIVITY 2	Students compare answers before the teacher goes through them with the class.
ACTIVITY 3	T: "The present simple has the same form as the infinitive in positive sentences. Look at these examples:" I walk - You walk - He/She/It walks We walk - They walk Irregular verbs form this tense in the same way. T: Writes the following sentence on the BB and says, "Change the following sentence from the simple present to the simple past:" We walk to school every day. We walked to school every day.
ACTIVITY 4	Students are given 10 sentences to transform in the same way. (no irregular verbs)
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'ACQUISITION' Lesson
INTRO	T: "Today we are going to talk about our home towns; the places where we lived when we were children and the places where we live now."
ACTIVITY 1	T distributes handout with the lyrics of the song 'Yellow Submarine' by the Beatles. T: "Listen to the song and think about your home town, where you went to school, what you did in your spare time." T plays the tape.
ACTIVITY 2	T asks several students these questions: "Where did you live?" "What was the name of your school?" "What sports did you play?" etc. If the student's answer contains a mistake, T repeats the answer correctly but does not explicitly refer to the error.
ACTIVITY 3	Work in pairs. Ask your partner questions about his/her home town and what he/she did there.
ACTIVITY 4	Now ask your partner about the town or area they live in now, and about what they do there.

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