1. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR SEDE IBARRA MAESTRÍA EN LINGÜÍSTICA APLICADA A LA EDUCACIÓN BILINGÜE ESPAÑOL – INGLÉS METHODOLOGY OF LANGUAGE TEACHING Lecturer: Donald Stewart, M.Sc.

2. 1.Use of visual aids to identify actions in progress. 2.Brief grammar explanation about the present continuous tense. 3. Encourage the students to think about some sentences that describe actions in progress (mother tongue). 4.Practice some actions in progress through the application of the TPR teaching method. CLASS ACTIVITY BASED ON SOME TEACHING METHODS LEVEL: THIRD STUDENTS’ AGE: 12 –13 YEARS OLD LESSON: CURRENT & FUTURE ACTIVITIES

3. surfing the web drinking walking watching reading playing sleeping writing crying jumping What are they doing?

4. What’s John doing next Sunday? TALKING ON THE PHONE PLAYING THE GUITAR PLAYING BASKETBALL WATCHING TV

5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE This tense describes: Actions in progress Future actions Time expressions: now, at the moment, still, today, tomorrow, next (week/month/year), this (morning/afternoon/evening) BE + PRESENT PARTICIPLE (ING)