CHAPTER 8
ROUTING MANIPULATIONS
The instructor might improvise drills like these:
TENSE DRILL: 'simp1e verb' vs. 'past participle'.
| When will they buy groceries? | Haven't they bought groceries yet? |
| When will they stock the counter? | Haven't they stocked it yet? |
| When will they display the food? | Haven't they displayed it yet? |
| When will they find parking? | Haven't they found it yet? |
PREPOSITION DRILL:
| E. J. Korvette Store | It's near the E. J. Korvette Store. |
| Bailey's Crossroads | It's in Bailey's Crossroads. |
| our house | It's two blocks from our house. |
| far | It's far from here. |
| our house and Bailey's Crossroads | It's between our house and Bailey's Crossroads. |
Drills constructed on this basis are no longer an obstacle course which the student must climb through before he can get to meaningful discourse. Instead, they are offshoots from and buttresses for his experience with real use of the language.
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