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Solutions To Anticipated Problems

The document discusses how teachers should anticipate problems students may have with language items, and find solutions to address those problems. It provides an example language item ("Would you mind if I turn off the air con?") and potential issues students could have with its meaning, form, pronunciation, and appropriateness. Teachers are advised to consider solutions that help students with anticipated problems to improve their understanding of the language.

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Solutions To Anticipated Problems

The document discusses how teachers should anticipate problems students may have with language items, and find solutions to address those problems. It provides an example language item ("Would you mind if I turn off the air con?") and potential issues students could have with its meaning, form, pronunciation, and appropriateness. Teachers are advised to consider solutions that help students with anticipated problems to improve their understanding of the language.

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Solutions to Anticipated Problems

Once a teacher has thought of a problem students might have with the language, they
need to find a solution in order to help the students.

As a starting point for this, look at the language item you looked at earlier in this unit:

Would you mind if I turn off the air con?

Remind yourself of the problems that were anticipated:

Meaning:
Students might think it is an order rather than asking permission.
Students might think that the speaker is asking the listener to turn off the air con.

Form:
Students might omit the ‘if’ because it is acceptable to say Would you mind turning off
…?
Students might say Would you mind if I turning using –ing instead of the past simple.

Pronunciation:
Students might pronounce the /l/ in would and therefore be difficult to understand. 
Students may use flat intonation and sound impolite.

Appropriacy
Students might think it is the same as Do you mind…?, not realising Would you mind if
I …? is more polite.

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