香港市場的英文故事書為何是 present tense

ViviSporty

Yeah.  I can see that.

eviepa

原帖由 edexp 於 10-2-11 21:13 發表
作文當然要『Creative』，但唔係 creative 到亂咁用錯 tenses就當係用緊 "advanced" English

agree

eviepa

happyvalley

Grammar 流流長有排教，有排學，不過都係 d 機械式公式化，功多藝屬，壹兩分小左多左，開心…哈哈哈，只要多睇書，從書中多看多睇就自然有印象，變成將來的經驗，不要爭一日之長短。

happyvalley

作文還雖要『Creative』 。

ViviSporty

All right....easy....easy.  

People have kids.  U r not alone.  

Do go ahead with ur 'rt mind'.  It would do nobody no harm; and probably no change.  

Just take it easy.  Stay cool; and everything will be in place.  Put it aside for a couple of days n hv a vy happy Lunar NY holiday.

U hv my apologies if I ever hv offended u.

ViviSporty

That's not quite a conclusion.  Those points in the so-called conclusion are simply ur very own pt of view.  People are apt to conclude in a way to rule out some other opinion.  

What I am saying is that u can always find a solution the other way round.  U said u didn't know how to explain to ur kid the use of the present tense and the past in storywriting.  Come on!  It's nothing advanced.  Just tell her more n more writers are using the present to give past actions liveliness.

Last but not least; it seems like u don't accept the use of the present tense.  That's why u r puzzled; probably not ur kid.  Gotta b open-minded.  That's why I'm saying - relax.  It's nothing major.

PS - U said u asked ur kid to use the present tense because u need to score marks.  I wouldn't agree to it as a parent.  U've got to talk to the teacher.  It doesn't matter whether u will arrive at a satisfactory conclusion.  U'll hv shown ur kid the right way people communicate.

原帖由 stccmc 於 10-2-10 09:01 發表
I don't want to discuss writing style and how many ways to describe a thing.  It is too big a topic for me. I seek to understand, not to change, the rationale behind choosing present tense over past t ...

happyvalley

原帖由 stccmc 於 10-2-10 09:01 發表
I don't want to discuss writing style and how many ways to describe a thing.  It is too big a topic for me. I seek to understand, not to change, the rationale behind choosing present tense over past t ...

我覺得要寫，就乜野 tense 都可以運用，我係唔會理學校學左乜野 tense，我囡囡雖要表達甚麼，就用甚麼 tense，因為 Grammar 係為左表達文意，唔係雖要學好 Grammar，係雖要學好寫作，Grammar 之係其中之一。

ViviSporty

Why?  There r ways to describe the same thing.  You don't stick to the past tense and got stuck with it.

The publisher chose the present tense for a reason, commercial or educational.  The school chose that particular book for a reason, level of difficulty maybe.  You choose your own, schools and books.  The world is as diverse as can be.

Why don't u just sit back n relax.  Ask ur kid for her opinion in using the past and the present in writing stories.  Tell her, later on, the difference.  And don't forget to let her know she is now among the better readers/writers in her class.  She now knows more about storywriting while the other kids don't.  Encourage her to read n write more.

Things don't always operate the way ur kid wants it; but u help change the way she looks at them.

happyvalley

原帖由 ViviSporty 於 10-2-9 16:32 發表
雖然一般用 past tense 寫故事，但以下情況可改用 present tense：

1) 初小未教 past tense

2) 描述一連串動作時會臨時改用現在式 e.g. The bell finally rang at three sharp.  The boys snatch their backpacks; squ ...

對了，我正是這個意思，表示未完或者未過去。

所以其實呢片係寫緊乜野文章，定係寫緊故事。

happyvalley

原帖由 papa_pop 於 10-2-9 15:09 發表
stccmc rightly pointed out the differences in past and present tenses.  

I'm no English expert but an ordinary reader.  I don't tend to jump to the sweeping conclusion that story books written in pre ...

唔係好明你寫緊乜，不過我睇返 d 小朋友故事書，談話裹面有時用 present，有時用 past，呢 d 當然唔係一朝一夕用得好，如果睇得書多，自然都會寫得意思好點。

ViviSporty

雖然一般用 past tense 寫故事，但以下情況可改用 present tense：

1) 初小未教 past tense

2) 描述一連串動作時會臨時改用現在式 e.g. The bell finally rang at three sharp.  The boys snatch their backpacks; squeeze out of the classroom; rush along the corridor; tumble down the stairs and trip over one another right in front of the headmaster.

3) The past tense 表示過去了的事情，跟現在沒有大關係，所以有作者改用 the present tense，意欲加強現場感，減少陳年往事的感覺

對於老師的不合理批改，可能源於老師工作量大所致，建議你先跟老師反映；若不得要領，可向家教會求助。

希望以上幾點可幫你減少一些疑慮，Tks.