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Teaching students reported or indirect speech can be complicated by all the changes that are required when moving from direct speech into reported speech.
This unit helped me a lot when I was preparing my lesson plan for my ESL students as I have learned the difference between direct speech and indirect speech. I was able to complete activities requiring them to convert direct speech into indirect or reported speech as they interact with other students.
It is highly important for teacher like me to clearly understand this complicated lesson and explain it clearly to the students. Students should understand that reported speech is quite useful in conversational English as relating what someone has said using "quote" and "unquote" is awkward. A further aspect of reported speech is encouraging students to use other reporting verbs beyond "say" and "tell".
Once students have understood the basic concept of stepping one step back into the past when reporting in the past, they can easily begin to make the minor changes in pronoun and time expression usage.
As an ESL teacher this unit is very useful in my career, it really ads a lot to my previous knowledge and I become even more confident in teaching this topic to my students. I truly highly appreciates this and extend my gratitude to all of you guys.
