nigele2
Member
- Joined
- May 3, 2017
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- British English
- Home Country
- Spain
- Current Location
- Spain
I’m doing a fair number of assessments these days as part of the process of constructing learning plans. All my potential students have studied English to some level at school.
In addition many have started trying to do an internet or book-based course. Their requirement is often to get a certification (often B2 or C1) as part of an application process for either a visa, employment opportunity or academic course.
I find the most common and obvious reason they struggle is related to verb tenses. I'm sure not a surprising revelation.
One method I use with one-to-one sessions is the timeline and visualisation approach.
I would be interested in hearing of any advantages and/or disadvantages of this approach. And any other issues relating to say the order of teaching tenses and support words/phrases.
My intuition tells me that perhaps starting with continuous could offer advantages, but I’ve only seen a few promoting this.
In addition many have started trying to do an internet or book-based course. Their requirement is often to get a certification (often B2 or C1) as part of an application process for either a visa, employment opportunity or academic course.
I find the most common and obvious reason they struggle is related to verb tenses. I'm sure not a surprising revelation.
One method I use with one-to-one sessions is the timeline and visualisation approach.
I would be interested in hearing of any advantages and/or disadvantages of this approach. And any other issues relating to say the order of teaching tenses and support words/phrases.
My intuition tells me that perhaps starting with continuous could offer advantages, but I’ve only seen a few promoting this.