Issues In Explaining Mixed Conditionals To EFL Learners

In introducing conditionals to the students, teachers come across difficulties, as it is hard to explain this grammar rule without mentioning form, meaning, and time-tense relationship separately. Since the conditionals themselves are a complicated topic for both teachers and learners, mixed conditionals raise more confusion among L2 learners in Uzbekistan. Therefore, mixed conditionals are one of the most troublesome issues that EFL learners struggle to understand and use. This article focuses on (1) learners’ difficulties in understanding this grammar rule and (2) easier ways of explaining mixed conditionals to the students with the help of focus-on-form and focus-on-meaning activities.

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