d. The Picture and the Text
The usage of picture is very effective to help students in understanding conditional sentence type 1. The students get the idea easily
and clearly through picture. The writer shows the picture to the students and asks them to imagine what the students will do with it, it can improve
subconscious knowledge since the students see the object and it can add their intention to the subject. The writer used the picture from the textbook
and browsed in the internet. The text is related to the picture. A picture can illustrate each situation and also give leads to each sentences. For example,
the picture of Gorilla in the jungle “if I meet Gorilla,……….”. the
students of the class love completing this sentence and create others. The picture and the text below is a big Gorilla in the jungle and
The picture and the text are put on the big screen and filled by colorful picture, in order to the students can be more interested and the teacher
conducts a questions such as “What will you do if you meet a Gorilla?” which will elicit responses with conditional type 1 sentences.
Face to face with a Gorilla
I had found the baby Gorilla four weeks before, and it was very ill. But now it was well again, and I had to take it back to its family. I picked it up,
walked out to the car and drove to the forest. With the baby in my arms, I start to walk in among the t
rees. I was worried. „if the mother doesn‟t recognize the baby, she won‟t take it back,‟ I thought. „Perhaps she‟ll even kill it‟.
The family was there. I put the baby Gorilla down on the ground and walked a few meters away. Then I stopped and watched. I could see the mother
looking at the baby, and I thought, „will she come closer? What will she do?‟ Suddenly the father was there, in front of me. He was the biggest Gorilla
of the family. It was frightening because he was only few meters away. I was frightened, but I knew what I to do. People think gorillas often attack people, but
they don‟t-they only attack when you show you‟re so scared. „if I turn and run away, this gorilla will attack me,‟ I thought. But I don‟t move, he‟ll go away.‟ I
didn‟t move.
Suddenly male gorilla lifted his hand. I was terrified. But he wanted to frighten me, not hit me. After few seconds, he dropped his hand and turned. He
went over the baby, picked it up and moved away into the trees. I sat down on the ground. I was shaking.
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e. Dialogue
Using realistic dialogue, the students will be easily in applying the function of conditional sentence type 1. Realistic dialogue sets in a
perfectly acceptable context: a situation where one speaker does not find, meanwhile the other is doing and wanting to find out.
Alex in dialogue below is trying to make a conversation with Dave and Amy. And language is used presented as purposeful behavior, and can
be readily accepted as relevant to the students potential communicative needs. Let us see the dialogue below:
Alex: you like Amy a lot, don‟t you?
Dave: well, yeah, I do. She‟s lovely Alex: does she like you too?
Dave: how should I know?
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Herbert and Jeff Stranks, English in Mind. Cambridge University Press, 2007
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