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This unit was about the use of conditionals and reported speech in the English language and how to teach it to students of English as a second language.
Conditionals are sentences referring to the past or future possibilities. They involve two clauses that have an \"if\" or a \"when\" phrase. The \"if\" clause describes the condition needed before the main clause can be satisfied, but some of the conditional forms involve hypothetical situations that are extremely unlikely or cannot be satisfied. There are five conditionals: the zero conditional, the first, second, and third conditionals, and the mixed conditionals. Each of these conditionals has distinct rules about their usage which can be confusing for students as some of their differences can be quite subtle.
Direct or reported speech involves someone reporting what someone else has said, so a few changes have to be made when this happens. Usually, the verb tenses change and \"backshifting\" takes place. In other words, the verb tenses usually go back into a tense. Pronouns and questions words also need to be changed, and words such as \"this\" needs to go to \"that\" and \"here\" needs to become \"there.\" Time expressions also become modified with backshifting. There is a lot of potential for mistakes because there are so many changes to be made so it is important to go slowly with this concept in the classroom so the students do not get overwhelmed.
