303 Level award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong

Unit 3 – Teaching english grammar
Level 5 Credits 2 GLH 17

1. 
   Be able to present grammatical structures and meaning in context
   

1.1 Explain the PPP paradigm (presentation, practice and production)

During your SEE TEFL certification course, you will learn about the 3Ps or PPP – presentation, practice, and production – which is an established system for teaching English as a foreign language. The PPP technique, which consists of three stages that most people who have learned how to do anything are familiar with, can be described as a common-sense approach to teaching.


The first stage involves presenting a linguistic feature in a context that pupils are comfortable with, similar to how a swimming coach might explain a stroke to beginners outside of the pool.
The second step is practice, in which students are given an exercise that allows them to practice and familiarize themselves with the new component of the language while receiving limited and appropriate assistance from the teacher. To continue with the analogy, the swimming instructor allows the children to practice their stroke in the water while remaining close enough to provide any necessary assistance and encouragement.
The pupils will use the language in context in an exercise set up by the teacher, who will only provide limited support, similar to a swimming instructor allowing his young charges to take their first few tentative strokes on their own.



The PPP Method's Benefits


PPP, like any well-established approach, has detractors, and a couple of relatively recent methodologies, such as TBL (task-based learning) and ESA, are gaining traction (engage, study, activate). Even strong supporters of these new methodologies admit that new EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers find the PPP methodology the easiest to grasp, and that once familiar with the PPP methodology, these new teachers are better able to use TBL and ESA than new trainees who have only been exposed to TBL or ESA.
There are compelling arguments that experienced PPP teachers incorporate many parts of TBL and ESA into their courses, and that these new approaches are essentially the PPP methodology with small tweaks.
You could be thinking at this point, "It's great to have a clear technique for how to teach, but how do I know what to teach?" Over the previous thousand years or so, the language we now name English has absorbed a wide range of influences. It has evolved into a language capable of delivering a sparklingly humorous pop culture reference from a Tarantino movie, four simple words stated by Dr. Martin Luther King that continue to inspire us today, and something as mundane as a road traffic sign.


Our role as EFL teachers is to help our students understand this rich and complicated language by breaking it down into manageable parts. EFL teachers refer to these sections of language as target language. We'll look at an example of target language, then go over how it would be taught in a PPP class, before watching three videos with key components of each stage of the lesson highlighted for you.
Throughout the course, we will spend a significant amount of time in the training room giving you the skills you need to implement a successful English language teaching technique.
All good TEFL courses are meant to prepare people who have never taught before. The first half of the course will be spent in the training room, where we will familiarize you with all of the new abilities you will need and provide you opportunity to practice them in a safe and controlled setting.



After that, you'll be placed in a real-life classroom setting. It goes without saying that standing up and giving your first lesson is a nerve-wracking experience for everyone. However, it is an experience that all instructors recall warmly as time passes and they become more at ease in a classroom.
There will be a few of you who have already taught in a classroom setting. You may be well-versed in using a variety of approaches and strategies in the classroom, but many, if not all, of them will have been with native English speakers or students with near-native English skills. This means that while some of the abilities we'll teach you may seem strange at first, your prior experience will not be a problem. Indeed, you will already have strong classroom management abilities that can readily be altered to fit a second language classroom, and your presence will help other trainees on the course.
Furthermore, some of the techniques you'll acquire on the course may be applied to working in a classroom of native speakers, and it's not uncommon for experienced instructors to say so after finishing a reputable TEFL course.
1.2Provide examples of PPP lesson planning

a.Write a PPP lesson plan to introduce present simple tense to adult students.