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In these sentences:

In this programme, we’ll learn some related vocabulary.

In this programme, we’ll be learning some related vocabulary.

Which one is correct?

What about these two sentences:

It will rain tomorrow.

It will be raining tomorrow.

I know the definition of each one:

  • The simple future tense is a verb tense that is used when an action is expected to occur in the future and be completed.
  • The future continuous tense, is a verb tense that indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time.

I really can't decide when use which one, because I see both of them use interchangeably?

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You use them according to what you want to stress. If you simply want to convey an information in a neutral way, simple future is fine. If you want to stress that it is a continual process, or if you are thinking of a particular moment in the future, when that action will be going on, then you can use the future continuous.

Consider

In this programme, we’ll be [continuously] learning some related vocabulary.

It will be raining tomorrow [at the time Jim will come to take us to the farm].

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