Celta Language Analysis Assignment
Assignment one - Language related tasks
Word count: 994, excluding quotes, references and phonemic script.
She used to drive to work. A. Used to describes an action/s that happened in the past and has since stopped. It can also be applied to things that were true but no longer are, for example 'there used to be a regular bus service '.
B. Draw a character on the board, elicit from ss a name, gender, where they live, where they go for fun and how they get to work (making sure include a car), draw simple pictures of these things below the character, the more creative ss get the better. Now to the right of these pictures draw the same character but behind bars, elicit that they are in jail now (sad face on character). Elicit that they no longer do the things or live where they were. Make it clear that the character no longer does these things because they’re in prison now, use this context to elicit a used to sentence from the class. Model the structure with (he/she) used to drive to work.
C. Clarify past aspect through the use of a time-line running above the pictures from when the character had/did the things they liked over to the picture of them in prison (now written about the prison part of the timeline). an x marks when the character was caught by police (could elicit from ss what for). Write-up 'character name used to drive his/her car to work ' on the board. Concept checking questions could include – 'Do they still drive to work? ' 'Did s/he drive to work in the past? '.
D. S/he – subject pronoun, used to – modal verb, to drive – infinitive, to work – infinitive
E. /ʃi:/ju:st/tʊ/draɪv/tu:/wək/
F. 'Ss may confuse used to with use as a main verb. '(Scrivener, 2010: 262) .With negative 'didn 't use to ' ss may add an additional d ' (Scrivener, 2010: 262) making it 'she didn 't used to '. ss may not grasp that the positive 'used to ' is used for referring to events that have stopped, e.g. 'I used to smoke when I was young
Word count: 994, excluding quotes, references and phonemic script.
She used to drive to work. A. Used to describes an action/s that happened in the past and has since stopped. It can also be applied to things that were true but no longer are, for example 'there used to be a regular bus service '.
B. Draw a character on the board, elicit from ss a name, gender, where they live, where they go for fun and how they get to work (making sure include a car), draw simple pictures of these things below the character, the more creative ss get the better. Now to the right of these pictures draw the same character but behind bars, elicit that they are in jail now (sad face on character). Elicit that they no longer do the things or live where they were. Make it clear that the character no longer does these things because they’re in prison now, use this context to elicit a used to sentence from the class. Model the structure with (he/she) used to drive to work.
C. Clarify past aspect through the use of a time-line running above the pictures from when the character had/did the things they liked over to the picture of them in prison (now written about the prison part of the timeline). an x marks when the character was caught by police (could elicit from ss what for). Write-up 'character name used to drive his/her car to work ' on the board. Concept checking questions could include – 'Do they still drive to work? ' 'Did s/he drive to work in the past? '.
D. S/he – subject pronoun, used to – modal verb, to drive – infinitive, to work – infinitive
E. /ʃi:/ju:st/tʊ/draɪv/tu:/wək/
F. 'Ss may confuse used to with use as a main verb. '(Scrivener, 2010: 262) .With negative 'didn 't use to ' ss may add an additional d ' (Scrivener, 2010: 262) making it 'she didn 't used to '. ss may not grasp that the positive 'used to ' is used for referring to events that have stopped, e.g. 'I used to smoke when I was young
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