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Step 2: Practice of the second conditional (15 minutes) Objective: Students will be accurate when they use the second conditional.

1. 
   Circle the correct alternative:
   

1- We (will be/ am/ would be) happy if Mom were alive. 2- Would you visit me if you (had/ have/ had had) a car?

3. 
   If I (earn/ earned/ had earned) more money, I would build a house.
   

3. 
   If Celine Dion came in Madagascar, I (would attend/ will attend/ attend) her show.
   

2. 
   Complete with the correct form of the verbs:
   

1. 
   If I (move) to France, I (live) in Paris.
   

2. 
   We (buy) the flat if it (have) another bedroom. 3- If you (see) a crocodile, you (panic).
   

4. 
   Our headmaster (be) very beautiful if he (be) a woman.
   

   • Step 3: Production of second conditional (30 minutes)

Objective: To develop students’ listening skill by showing them an authentic song with second conditional sentences.
Language skill: LISTENING

• 
  Students are asked to fill the blanks in these lyrics:
  

Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
………………………. if I asked you to dance?
………………………… and never look back? Would you cry if ……………………….. crying? Would you save my soul tonight?

Would you …………… if I touched your lips? Would you laugh? Oh, please tell me this.

Now …………………….. for the one you love? Hold me in your arms tonight.

• 
  After the correction, teacher explains what the lyrics mean. The, the students are given the complete lyrics and sing with music
  

Comments on the performance:
Most of the students in this class have been taught by the same English teacher in the previous level (“première” class). Their teacher said that they had learnt first and second conditional in “première”. That is the reason why we have chosen to elicit from the students in the presentation stages. When we presented the first conditional, our aim was to check if the students understood what we meant. The sentences given by the students are personalized and related to their real life. They gave grammatically correct sentences about their future plans if they do not have class on Wednesday. The students were aware that we use first conditional sentences to express future plan (or more precisely a future condition and its possible result) but they could not express themselves correctly. That is why we gave the correct answer about the use of first conditional. In addition to that, the students enjoyed the if chain game in which they had the opportunity to speak by creating first conditional sentences. The lesson was communicative and lively because it was full of interaction.

The same procedure was followed for the second conditional. Generally, the lesson was successful but the problem was that some students do not master irregular verbs. They also enjoyed the song in the production stage as the use of songs is always an interesting and

relaxing technique to teach English. In a word, we are satisfied with this experimentation and we do not have many comments about it. The objective, which is to promote communicative grammar, was reached as it was not difficult to teach the students in this class.