By Teaching English, Tenses

1. I have been teaching English for six months. I started doing it six months ago and am still doing it. Best sentence of the three. 2. I have taught English for six months. Possibly means the same as no. 1, or could mean that once in the past I taught English for a period of six months. In what...

Hoa Thai wrote:Hi Amy, I totally agree with you on your assessment. It has been very frustrating for me to deal with the problems that you’ve just talked about. In my country, in the distant past, teachers were trained well and I was fortunate enough to study under the great care of an...

Hi Amy, I totally agree with you on your assessment. It has been very frustrating for me to deal with the problems that you’ve just talked about. In my country, in the distant past, teachers were trained well and I was fortunate enough to study under the great care of an excellent English...

Hoa Thai wrote: Yoong Liat wrote:You're right. In an exam, it is advisable to use a verb in the past tense. However, in fact, if the marker is knowlegeable, he will not mark the answer as wrong.Hi Yoong Liat,I agree. I have had a chance to discuss this issue with many English teachers, friends...

Hello, Hoa Thai. As always, it's been interesting to read through your post! «The issue we have been dealing with here boils down to one question – “In one sentence, grammatically and semantically, could we use both simple past and present perfect for one item?”» I wouldn't say so,...

Dear all, For whatever its worth – Here is my opinion as I promised to deliver: The issue we have been dealing with here boils down to one question – “In one sentence, grammatically and semantically, could we use both simple past and present perfect for one item?” Evidently, the...

Hello, Hoa Thai. Although Goodman outstripped me and deserved the brave one's laurels, I'd like to add some of the comments which I had started typing yesterday in the university, but hadn't time to finish... Your reasonong is interesting but not fault-less. «As CalifJim clearly explains...

Hi, as a teacher to be I must tell I agree with you.Teaching something isn't as easy as it seems especially to the ones who even have no idea about it.But I think you had courses on teaching English.Don't they work?Anyways, as for your questions 1)Of course with the help of games.You...

Hi, Next year, I will have been living here for 5 years. Next year, I will have lived here for 5 years. Is the second sentence more correct Both are OK and, if it isn't, is there a difference between the sentences? Yes Let's consider these two simpler examples, that relate to the present...

I have not had any particular motives in mind. I have just responded to other people's posts. I think you misunderstand what I am trying to get at it. If you are teaching someone Thai and you say "Thai nouns have no plural" you may give the impression that Thai has no means of expressing number,...