Future Expressions for Learners of Basic English: An Analysis of English Textbooks for the 3^Rd– 6^ThGrades Used in Romania

• Authors: Anca Cehan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyses the presence of future expressions (‘be going to’, ‘will’, ‘shall’, the Present tense progressive and Present tense simple with future uses) in the English textbooks for levels A1 and A2 recommended by the Romanian Ministry of Education for use in the primary and lower secondary classes in Romania.

Keywords

EN

future expressions; English textbook; basic level; national syllabus

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 226-236

Dates

published

2014-03-01

online

2014-05-01

Contributors

author

Anca Cehan

• “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rjes-2014-0026