1. Awereness:

Students read the text and try to highlight structures that express future.

2. Controlled drills:

Students try to change sentences in Present Simple into Future Simple.

e.g. She reads a book-> She will read a book.

3. Meaningful drills:

The teacher asks students some yes-no questions about the future. They try to answer in a full sentence.

e.g. T: Will you go to the cinema tomorrow?

S: Yes, I will go to the cinema tomorrow./ No, I will not go to the cinema tomorrow.

4. Guided, meaningful practice:

Students have to complete the phrase:

During the next holidays I will…

5. (Structure-based) free sentence composition:

Students are given `problem cards'. They try to predict what decisions the people shown on the cards will make. They should use the Future Simple structure.

E.g. `I am hungry' S: He will go to the restaurant.

6. (Structure-based) discourse composition:

Students, using the Future Simple structure, are to write how they imagine life in the distant future. They can base on example questions.

7. Free discourse.

Students have to describe their life in 20 years.

`PROBLEM CARDS'

LIFE IN THE FUTURE

WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE IN 100 YEARS?

1. Answer these questions.

What will the cars look like?

What will people wear? What will they look like? What will people eat?

Will we speak one universal language? If yes, what language will it be?

Will people have colonies on other planets?

Will computers help, rule or bring death to humanity?

Will there be any diseases? Will there be wars?

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