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Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Teacher Amy 06 September 2023 Intermediate (B1) 60 Minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar lesson
Lesson Topic:
Present perfect continuous with ‘for’ and ‘since’
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
identify when they should use ‘for’ and ‘since’ when they use the Present Perfect understood when and how to use the present perfect continuous tense and be able
Continuous Tense. to apply it correctly in both written and spoken language.
Example sentence: Successfully had a conversation between themselves and their peers where they will
What have you been doing since yesterday? implement the knowledge attained, within 3 groups consisting of 4 people, as there
She has been living here for the last seven years. are 12 students. The learners will have been involved in different activities to
educate them about the topic of the lesson.
The students would know how to distinguish when to use the specific preposition.
For example;
When it is that the information in the sentence gives them an indication of the
duration of an activity, they would that they should use the preposition FOR.
When it is that the information in the sentence gives them an indication of when the
activity has started they would know that they need to use the preposition SINCE.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
,Include one relating to L1/age/level of the students and one for
the target grammar (meaning, form, or pronunciation). 1. Before the lesson start, I will use a few sentences as examples and briefly
explain when you need to make use of the word ‘for’ and ‘since’ and
1. The present perfect continuous tense might be a bit difficult to grasp highlight what the differences are when applying present perfect continuous
tense in their L1.
because there is no equivalent in French and in Italian they use present
perfect simple in the same context as present perfect continuous. 2. I will present a well-constructed timeline with accurate and simple labels to
give the students a visual demonstration of the present perfect continuous
2. Students might have the perception that because they are aware of how to tense which will give them a better understanding of the target language
words.
use present perfect continuous tense they would know which word to use
when.
3. Before we start discussing the present perfect continuous tense in depth, I
3. Working with students between the age of 15 and 16 they might think they will first ask questions to get a understanding on what level their
understanding is about grammar and tenses.
don’t need much help because at that age students tend to think they
already have a full and clear understanding about grammar, especially if it is
that they are aware of how to use the present perfect continuous tense.
4. Incorporate guided discovery tasks so students have the time to examine the
language and to refer back to examples. These can be particularly helpful when
4. The time periods and time references can cause problems and confuse students get confused between two grammatical forms.
student as to when they should you use the two prepositions that we are
covering in the lesson (target language ‘for and since’)
Target language analysis:
Review Unit 7: Analysing Grammar if you need guidance with this section.
1. What is the use or The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about something that started in the past and is continuing at the present time.
function of the
grammar? (Include a This means something has begun but has not finished or is in the process of being completed. What is important is that the event or
timeline if appropriate) action is occurring for a limited period of time, which includes the moment of speaking.
FOR is used to express the duration of an activity and SINCE is used to express when the activity has started.
This can be shown by this present continuous tense timeline:
, She has been jogging in the park since early this morning.
She has been jogging for 2 hours around in the park.
2. In which context I will be introducing it in the context of doing activities, for example; sport, work or exercise.
(theme) are you
introducing the So that it can help the students understand how and when to use them correctly in a sentence or a phrase.
grammar?
For example: In the
context of sports.
3. Which concept “She has been jogging in the park since early this morning.”
checking questions will 1. Is this in the past or present tense? ( Present)
you ask to ensure 2. Do we know when she started jogging? (Yes)
students understand 3. Do we know how long has she been jogging?(No)
the meaning? Review 4. Does it seem like she enjoys jogging? ( Yes/No + Extra Information)
Unit 7: Concept
Checking Grammar for
examples. “ He has been a teacher at the school for two years”
1. Is this in the past or present tense? ( Present)
2. Do we know how long he has been a teacher? (Yes)
3. Do we know when he started teaching? (No)
4. Do we know if he likes teaching? ( Yes/No + Extra Information)
4. What is the Positive Structure – ( preposition – since )
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