PARTICIPANTS:Fuentes, Jeisa

González, DiviaQuijada, Unis

YES/NO YES/NO QUESTIONSQUESTIONS

UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTEPOST GRADO EN EDUCACIÓN ENSEÑANZA

CON MENCIONES NÚCLEO SUCRE

YES/NO QUESTION.Daniel: Are you ready?Vicky: Yes, nearly No, not quite.

Daniel wants to know if Vicky is ready or not

Shall we eat out tonight?Shall we eat out tonight?

Can / Could you write the address Can / Could you write the address down for me, please?down for me, please?

RequestingRequesting..

Making a Making a suggestion.suggestion.

•Different Uses.

OfferingOffering..

InvitingInviting..

Asking permissionAsking permission..

Can I carry something for you? Can I carry something for you? No, You cannot.No, You cannot.

Would you like to go to the party?Would you like to go to the party?Yes, I’d love to.Yes, I’d love to.

May I use your phone?May I use your phone?Yes, of course.Yes, of course.

The meaning of Yes/No

questions.* Negative yes/no questions.

Sometimes these can express disappointment or annoyance.

The negative question might signals that the speaker has reason to believe that something he or she had previously thought was true might not be so.

Examples:Is Paul playing soccer this year?

Isn’t Paul playing soccer this year?(different orientation)

Aren’t we going to the movies?

Isn’t she making the project?

Don’t you have bananas?Yes, I do / No, I don’t.Yes, We do / No, We don’t.(presuppositional difference)

Sometimes yes/no questions can be more focused in their query. A preposition may be

though to be true in general, but one of its specific components

– Subject, Verb, Objects, Adverbial- may be still in doubt.

Focused Yes/No Questions

Focused

*Did Alice write a letter to George?

*Did Alice write a letter to George?

*Did Alice write a letter to George?

Did Alice write a letter to George?

Some and Any go before a plural or uncountable noun.

We use SOME in offers and requests to make them sound

positive.Ex: Would you like some coffee?

Some Versus Any:

.

We can use ANY in questions, in negatives sentences or ones

with negatives meaning.Ex: Have you got any butter?

Did you buy any clothes?

How to make a yes /no questions.

AUX. SUBj. Is it Raining? Has David got a car? Can Emma drive? Do you want to eat?

FORM.

A yes / no question begings with an auxiliary verb. An auxiliary verb is a form of BE, HAVE, or a Model verb. The auxiliary verb comes before the

subject.

Statement: It is raining

Question: Is it raining?

• Subject – Operator Inversion.With the copula BE.

Ex. Pamela was a graduate student at the time

With an auxiliary verb.Ex. They will be in Paris on Friday.

With another verb.Ex. Helen plays the piano on Sunday.

Short answers to yes / no

questions.• With a modal Can she go? Yes, She can No,She cannot• With a phrasal modal Is she able to go? Yes, She is(the first element) No, She isn’t

• With perfect aspect Has she gone? Yes, She has No, She has not.

With Progressive Is she going? Yes, She is.Aspect No,She is not.

Some Exercises

Answer the questions orally.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

THANKS

FOR YOUR

ATTENTION

THANKS FOR YOUR

ATTENTION

3. Fred Kerlinger

Model. (1988)-The Problem.

•Theory, hipothesis and definitions.

•Previous research, the literature.

4. UPEL – Caracas Model, based on the

“American Psycohological Associaion”. (A.P.A.)

•Introduction. •Problem Posing.

•The research hipothesis.•Objectives.•Justification

There is a variety of models to design a

problem too:

Those different models allow us to choose in an easier way the one that is closer and store our

knowledge.

Which are the factors that affect the English students’

academic efficiency at U.D.O during September 2005- January 2006?)

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

Problem Formulation

• General ObjectiveIt expresses the concrete purpose in a

direct correspondence with the

problem- formulation.

Exploratory Level

Descriptive Level

Explicative Level

KnowDefineFind outDetectStudyExploreInquire

AnalyzeCalculateCharacterizeClassifyCompareQuantifyDefineDescribeDiagnoseExamineIdentifyMeasure

CheckDetermineEstablishEvaluateExplainRelateShow Verify

But this is a fact that must not be limited since various general objectives can be

made, because their redaction depends on the amount of the independent wished

situation the researcher wants to reach in a specific period of time

EXAMPLE.EXAMPLE.TITLECauses of the

school desertion at public primary

schools from Caracas

Formulation problem

Which are the causes of school

desertion at public primary

schools from Caracas

General objective Identify the

causes of school

desertion at public primary

schools

• The Problem Delimitation

The problem-delimitation means to show through a question, the specific research object, place and time that will be taken into

account in the research.