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HELP!! Tenses analysis
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refis24
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HELP!! Tenses analysis
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Hi All,
I have 2 parts to a transcipt below that I have to analyse. This is for my assignment. I get confused  with the tenses. I believe it is past tense and present continuous tense that the student gets confused with, but my teacher thinks otherwise. I have to identify strengths and weaknesses. At a glance, could you give me your opinions please?
I get up in the morning about half eight or nine o�clock. I do it
shower, I brush the my teeth, I wash my face and I get up
dressed and I going in my work in the car about 40/45 minute.
I can�t waiting half 10 come and i can�t wait to go see my wife, my
childrens. When i�m close half 10, but i checking everything my staff clean nicely clean, everything when be done, so i been about in e out for my shops 11 o�clock, so when i drive my car, come back in e home about half an hour depends how traffics.
Your help would be MUCH appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Refis24 |
12 Feb 2010
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Zora
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The text is of a daily routine... Your student confuses the two present tenses. The Present Simple and the Continuous. Although, he/she seems to have a fairly good grasp of the present tense, she/he just confuses it a bit with the other one at times.
I�d even venture to say that might even be because of the "like/love/can �t stand... + ing" tense used ...
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12 Feb 2010
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refis24
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Thank you for your help. How long have you been a teacher for? I am a CELTA student and am finding it rather difficult at times!! |
12 Feb 2010
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lshorton99
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For strengths you could consider some nice vocabulary - can �t waiting may be grammatically incorrect but the language is good, as are the atempts to use depends and the nice about half an hour. I �m assuming it �s an elementary learner.
Also they make some attempts at when clauses which is nice. While their work is not accurate - there are errors in tenses, word form (gerund instead of infinitive, for example, traffics which is uncountable) their actual lexis is quite good. They use linkers - when, and, so.
Doing the CELTA? Good luck! It �s a good course if you want to teach English although it is quite intense!
Hope this helps!
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12 Feb 2010
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