IECP

1. Grammar for
Interactions
IECP, Nikki Mattson, SP 16

2. Agenda
• Preparing for PSU Observation
Presentation grammar (tense usage in
presentation)
• Pathways 2 collocations (Introduction)

3. Thinking Ahead.. (PSU Presentations)
• What kinds of things do you say in an
introduction? What tenses might you use?
• When describing your PSU class
observations, what tenses might you use?
• When concluding your presentation, what
kinds of things might you say? Which
tenses might you use?

4. Verb Tenses for PSU
Observation Presentation
• Introduction: simple present + simple
future
• Describing the class you attended: simple
past
• Describing action that happened during
the class you observed: past continuous
• Conclusion: simple past: simple future

5. Past Progressive/Continuous
Brainstorming
• What does this tense look like (form)?
• How is this tense similar to the present
continuous?
• Why do we use this tense?

6. Past Continuous/Progressive
• Why? To show something was in progress
at a particular moment in the past.
– In 2009, I was living in France.
In 2009, what were you doing?
- Last night at midnight, I was sleeping.
-What were you doing last night at midnight?

7. When vs. While
• What differences can you see below?
• While Einstein was living in Switzerland,
he developed his theory of relativity.
• Einstein was living in the U.S. when he
died.

8. • While can be used to show that a long
action is interrupted by a short action.
– While I was eating my dinner, Ruth called me.
– Ruth called my while I was eating my dinner.
– Write your own example on your write board.
While

9. • When (not while) can be used for a short
action that happened during a longer
action.
– I was sleeping when the phone rang.
– I was eating when you texted me.
– When you called me, I was driving.
– Write your own example on your white board.
When

10. • When (not while) can be used for one
action that happens immediately after
another. (boom boom)
– When I got home from class, I took a nap.
– I took a nap when I got home from class.
– When I called my friend, she told me she
couldn’t talk.
– My friend told be she couldn’t talk when I
called her.
– Write your own example on your white board.
When

11. Imagine you are giving your presentations and complete the following
sentences…
• 1. My name is ______. Today I
___________ talk about _____________.
• 2. First, I ________speak about________.
Next, I ____________talk
about________. Third, I
_____________describe_______.
Finally, I ___________provide details about
______________.

12. White Boards
• 3. On Monday the 1st
, I _____________
Sociology 100. The class ______
generally about____________. On the
day I___________, the class ________
about ______________.
• 4. One interesting aspect of the interaction
between students
_______________________.

13. • 5. While I ________________ the class, I
_________ that there were at least 20
students who_____________ Facebook.
• 6. After the group work portion of the
class, the teacher ___________the
students a handout to read.

14. • 7. In conclusion, today I ___________
about ______________. I hope that you
______________my prentation.

15. Pathways 2 Collocations

16. Group Activity
• Place all of the collocations face down.
• Flip over a collocation, and work as a
team to think of a sentence that is
grammatical and logical. Once you all
agree, write the sentence down.
• Move on to the next collocation.
• The group with the most correct sentences
will get 2 extra credit points.

17. HW
• Complete the Labeling and Revision
Template for pg. 24 Conversation Starters.
Due = Friday in AI class