Celta 1st Assignment

Assignment 1 / Language focus

The car's going to crash

Form

describe the form: Be going to

Affirmative: Subject + be + going to + bare infinitive

Interrogative: Be + subject + going to + bare infinitive ?

Negative: Subject + be + not + going to + bare infinitive

Short form response: Yes, subject + be + going to + bare infinitive No, subject + be + not + going to + bare infinitive

Phonology : /gəʊɪŋ/

Anticipated Problems confusion with will for future purposes confusion with getting for future plans (getting more certain)

Context

Look at these dark clouds! It's going to rain.

1 Use

certainty that something is going to happen to the future(imminent)/prediction (Look at this car! It is going to crash into the yellow one)

Contributions to learning
I could use personalization (Based on my possible knowledge of a students other activities, I could use an example like: John is going to walk back home)
Have the students listen or read from the board/student book/handout some examples with going to (these receptive skills make learning more concrete and give confidence by repeating the structure)
Give the students the chance to repeat the structure (produce) via speaking, exercises and writing
Use contrast, concept questions and other technics in order to clarify, in case the students get confused

You should have done your assignment

Form

describe the form: Should (Should is the conditional form of shall, which is a modal verb)

Affirmative: Subject + should + verb

Interrogative: Should + subject + verb

Negative: Subject + should + not + verb

Short form response: Yes, subject + should + verb No, subject + should + not + verb

Phonology : /ʃəd/

Anticipated Problems: differences between should and shall differences between should and would (future in the past) differences between should and