Universite d’antananarivo ecole normale superieure

Third step: practice stage (30 min)

To practice the newly-taught lesson, the teacher gave two exercises to the students. In the first exercise, the students were asked to write the correct form of verbs between brackets. Then, some students wrote their answers on the board. After the correction, the teacher explained the use of first conditional by writing: “to talk about possible situations”. Afterwards, she elicited from the students:

T: Give me other examples of possible situation.

Ss: (No answer)

T: What will you do if you become a doctor?

Ss: (No answer)

T: Will you help people if you become a doctor?

Ss: Yes.

One student: If I become a doctor, I will cure people.

The second exercise consists in completing sentences by using the end of the previous sentences to begin the next one. The teacher explained the instructions and gave the students time to finish the exercise. Then, five students wrote their answers on the board, and everybody did the correction together with the teacher.

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