They .should be able to focus learner attention on the distinctive features of a particular grammatical form in less time than it would take for the learner to notice them on his or her own. Teachers may accomplish this in an explicit fashion by giving students rules and exercises with the appropriate grammatical terminology, but they can also teach grammar implicitly as well. | Chapter 9 The Tense-Aspect-Modality System in Discourse 177 2. Explain the difference in meaning between the italicized parts of the following two sentences a. I see him every day at school. b. The other day I m walking home from school and I see him coming up the road. 3. Explain the problem with the following sequence of sentences When I was little I would take my brother to school each day. 1 used to hate it. I ve taken him for three years and I walk really slowly. 4. Analyze the following passage from a short story in terms of both Bull s framework and Suh s frame-elaboration hypothesis. Divide the passage into episodes. Look for patterns within each small episode of the narrative In those days we went into the wild to hunt. I had come from the city to stay with my grandparents In Zitilchen for my holidays and I d already made some friends. From the low hill that rises south of town Chidra the half-breed Mayan would first go to call for Crispin. When he reached the house he gave a long whistle and out Crispin came short nervous cunning. Then they came to fetch me. When they got to our farm Chidra whistled again and my grandfather would come to the door to let them in. Chidra lived in the wild and had eaten no food. Not so Crispin. He lived a few streets away and I knew he had had a good breakfest. Both however accepted the hot chocolate and rolls my grandmother offered them. While we ate my grandfather tall but stooping joked gravely with us as was his manner. With Crispin particularly the old man was very fond of Crispin. He used to call him Don Crispin and every now and then he d suggest jobs for him inspired by his diminutive stature and resilient character. Zavala 1989 148 5. Explain the reason for the tense changes in the following excerpt from a short story There s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella. It is five years to the day since he began hitting me on the head with his umbrella. At first I couldn t stand it now I ve grown .
