2007-02-10 11:07:48 · 9 answers · asked by sundance 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
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2007-02-10 11:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use of the present continuous tense to represent a future action would be the big one. If they've been taught that present continuous is for things that are currently in progress, they might have trouble using it for future plans (you'll find ESOL speakers overuse "will" for future events). Additionally, there is a possessive form ("sister's") with but no object to follow it. The speaker might think you're going to your sister's office, country house or even restaurant if you don't make it clear. However, a lot of languages have similar constructions.
2007-02-10 13:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by Jetgirly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many possible answers to that. In some languages that I've studied, there is no difference between "I'm going" and "I go." Because of this some students often misuse them both, interchanging them as they are trying to experiment in figuring out when to use one and when to use the other. There is also the chance that they could become confused with the fact that "going to" here really indicates the future, even though it is conjugated in the present progressive. Also, some languages express possession differently, not putting the " 's", but rather saying the house of my brother.
Much of this, however really depends on the learners primary language.
2007-02-10 15:09:02 · answer #3 · answered by bgottcha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reason,1.There is no object / subject to which they can connect, It should have been, I'm going to my sister's HOUSE for dinner tonight.2. In short they want to know where they will be eating. SISTERS to them could mean plural, where as we use it to describe where they will be eating dinner.
2007-02-10 11:17:56 · answer #4 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u mean ESOL which i was i in. all students find this senstance difficult? more colebration please. if they dont understand im thinking its cause of the "sister's" there are no objects after the 's
kind of liek "Bob's cat" or "Alfie's book"
r u a teacher and u dont know this? wow. u shouldnt be teaching. i met alot of teachers liek u
2007-02-10 11:14:44 · answer #5 · answered by assbot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though this sentence is grammatically correct, the omission of the word "home (house, place, etc.)" is confusing to someone who wasn't brought up in an English-speaking environment.
2007-02-10 11:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by circle_sabine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seem like there's no main verb. They won't understand why you don't have to say "I'm going to go to my sister's for dinner tonight".
2007-02-10 11:12:53 · answer #7 · answered by Friz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister's what? We know that it means her house, but this isn't explicit. Also, the apostrophe as omission can be complicated (I'm).
2007-02-10 21:43:00 · answer #8 · answered by sallybowles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hurder and hurder
2007-02-10 11:10:16 · answer #9 · answered by BOGDAN 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋