Universite d’antananarivo ecole normale superieure

Question 11: How do you usually present a lesson on conditional sentences?

1. 
   I present the rules and then I give some example of sentences
   

2. 
   I use a dialogue or a text and ask students to discover the rules
   

3. 
   I teach all the three types within one session by using a chart
   

4. 
   I give a situation and ask the students to give examples
   

5. 
   Others (please, specify)
   

We designed this question to investigate the various techniques and activities the teachers use to present a lesson on conditional sentences. We found out that the teachers who present the rules before giving examples of sentences which contain the type to be taught and those who teach all the three types in a chart within one session hold the same percentage: 38,5% (rounded up to 39% in the graph). Besides, 19% of them present a new lesson by means of a dialogue or a text. 4% of the teachers lead the students to give examples. To understand these figures better, here is a graph that shows them:

4%


39%


39%

By presenting the rules and giving examples of sentences afterwards

By means of a dialogue or a text

19%

By using a chart

By asking students to give examples