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List of tables

Table 1 : Recapitulation of the four major types of conditional sentences …………….. 11 Table 2 : The respondents' diploma ……………………………………………………. 32 Table 3: Lesson on "Conditional tenses" ……………………………………………….. 60

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

0.1- Reasons for choosing the topic ……………………………………………...1 0.2- Objectives of the work ………………………………………………… 2

0.3- Scope and limitations of the work ……………………………………….….2 0.4- Outline of the work ……………………………………………………. 3

PART I- ENGLISH CONDITIONAL SENTENCES AND HOW TO TEACH THEM COMMUNICATIVELY

1.1- ENGLISH CONDITIONAL SENTENCES ………………………………………. 4

1.1.1- A brief syntactic description of conditional sentences …………………. 4

1.1.2- A semantic overview of the major types of English conditionals …..…. 6

1.1.2.1- Conditional type zero …………………………………………… 6

1.1.2.2- First conditional or conditional type one ………………………. 7

1.1.2.3- Second conditional or conditional type two …………………. 7

1.1.2.4- Third conditional or conditional type three ……………………. 9

1.2- TEACHING CONDITIONAL SENTENCES IN A COMMUNICATIVE WAY…... 12

1.2.1- Concepts of communicative grammar ……………………………………. 12 1.2.2- Conceptual value of conditional sentences in English as a Foreign Language

(EFL) teaching …………………………………………………………………………… 13 1.2.3- Stages for teaching conditional sentences communicatively ……………… 14 1.2.3.1- Presentation stage ………………………………………………… 14

1.2.3.2- Practice stage …………………………………………………….. 15

1.2.3.3- Production stage …………………………………………………. 16 1.2.4- Communicative techniques for teaching conditional sentences …………. 16

1.2.4.1- In the presentation stage ………………………………………….. 16 1.2.4.2- In the practice stage ………………………………………………. 17 1.2.4.3- In the production stage …………………………………………. 18

1.3- SAMPLES OF COMMUNICATIVE LESSON ON CONDITIONAL SENTENCES ..18

1.3.1- First conditional …………………………………………………...……… . .19

1.3.1.1- Procedures of the lesson ……………………………………….. 19 1.3.1.2- Analysis of the lesson ………………………………………….. 20

1.3.2- Second conditional ………………………………………………………. 21 1.3.2.1- Procedures of the lesson ………………………………………... 21 1.3.2.2- Analysis of the lesson …………………………………………... 24

1.3.3- Third conditional …………………………………………………………. 25 1.3.3.1- Procedures of the lesson ………………………………………... 25 1.3.3.2- Analysis of the lesson …………………………………………… 28

CONCLUSION TO PART ONE ………………………………………………………… 29