Universite d’antananarivo ecole normale superieure

CONCLUDING COMMENTS ON THE EXPERIMENTATIONS

After experimenting on a few lesson plans, we can draw the following conclusion. First of all, the experimentations allowed us to experience what really happens when we teach. Actually, we realized that it is easier to carry out the teaching when you are well- prepared mentally as well as materially. In other words, when the lesson is well-prepared with appropriate materials such as worksheets, the lesson is easy to teach and it is successful. Moreover, even though it costs us a lot of money to make research and photocopies of all the materials, we felt that it is worth it because we noticed that students were motivated to learn conditional sentences thanks to the texts, games and songs which help them understand the use of conditional sentences in realistic contexts. Finally, we should avoid spoon-feeding the students with pre-established rules and structural exercises when we teach conditional sentences because this makes them feel bored.
In a word, we would say that teaching conditional sentences communicatively is important and helpful but teacher should select the language skills to be integrated in the lesson so as to meet the students’ interest, to fit their level, and to respect timing.