Monday, December 10, 2007

ELL Students (Part 2)

Ok, this isn't a post..mostly just a questions:

If you're writing an English composition, is it safer to write it in the past tense or present tense?

=)
I told my student past tense, am I wrong?

3 comments:

Grace said...

Thank you for all the comments I received on my msn!
:P post here la!
I created a blog so u can!

(this comment is dedicated to Hwa Ian ><")

Unknown said...

if you're writing an argumentative/informational essay, past tense is good. if you're writing a creative essay, either tense works depending on the effect you want to create. the main point is to be consistent in the tense when writing the composition (unless, again, you're doing flash-forwards and flashbacks). :-D.

Grace said...

:P the professional speaks :)
I agree with you about flashbacks -
I don't think my student knows what flash-forward means though (truthfully).