This is a magnificent presentation I very much persuade you to watch carefully. In just seventeen slides - not such a big effort, innit? ;) - you will have the gist of the future tense.
You will see how to talk about the future by using either "will", or "be going to", or the "present simple" depending on the semantic nuances you want to convey.
Apart from the basics, you will see how to enrich and make finer distinctions in each of the three verbal patterns by adding the most frequent adverbs and time expression. All the theoretical bits will be illustrated with plenty of examples that will help you grasp the ideas and master its usage.
Finally, in the last seven slides you will have some versus-like approach that will untangle all kinds of confusion as to whether use any of the three in a given context. As a matter of fact, in most case the selection of the future simple, present perfect or the "be going to" structure will just depend upon the likeliness of the event you refer to of the distance from the moment you utter the sentence. The meaning will hardly change as all three forms convey the same kind of future. Therefore, if you really want to mater English and sound like a native, it is just a matter of time that you pick the slight nuances of each of the three forms. It is really worthwhile for the future tense is so common in English.
It is all just so crystal clear in this presentation below!
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