Universite d’antananarivo ecole normale superieure

1.3.1.2- Analysis of the lesson

In the presentation stage, the short situational dialogue shows the consequences (results) of finishing and not finishing homework. It shows a situation students are likely to meet in everyday lives. Thus, it is not difficult for them the relation condition-result in the first conditional sentences in the dialogue. As the sentences of illustration are already in the dialogue, there is no need for the teacher to explain the rules at the beginning of the lesson. Hence, students can discover the rules themselves by means of the teacher’s elicitation and communication will automatically take place. The objective of the practice stage is to check accuracy. However, it is better to practice the structure in a meaningful context so that

students will understand the relevance of first conditional. The speaking activity in the production stage gives the students the opportunity to communicate like in real life situation. It develops their speaking skill and stimulates their desire to communicate with each other by sharing the superstitions that they know. They are supposed to use first conditional sentences in order to say what will happen if someone meets such or such situation.