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LESSON 15: Revision

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LESSON 1: TEACHING GRAMMAR? (GRAMMAR AND MEANING; GRAMMAR AND FUNCTION) TEACHING GRAMMAR


Aim:
to introduce students with grammar and meaning, grammar and function, to explain them how to teach grammar


Objective:

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  to explore students’ beliefs about grammar
  
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  to demonstrate how grammar can be presented inductively
  
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  to help students analyse a grammar lesson
  

Lead-in
- ☺ (5 min) Generate a short 5 minute discussion asking the following questions:
~ What does grammar mean to you?
~ Do you think grammar is important? Why? Why not?
Summarise a discussion saying that there are different views on the role of grammar in language. Many professionals in the world of English language teaching have explored this area. Some teachers strongly believe that grammar is the foundation of any language and should be treated as such. Others think it is a system of rules to support the lexical pool of the language.
Activity 1 Micro grammar lesson
Objective: to give participants a chance to experience a lesson in which grammar is taught inductively
Time: 50 min
Materials: a photo of you as a teenager, handout 1, blackboard/whiteboard, chalk/marker, a short text about yourself (see example).
Procedure:
- ☺ (2 min) Ask students (this step is brief – 3-4 answers will be enough):
How to teach grammar?
- Accept any responses and say that now participants are going to be a group of pre-intermediate English learners. They will be taught a grammar lesson. Remind them that they need to ‘forget’ that they know the grammar rule they will be taught.
Lesson starts
- ☺ (5 min) Show a photo of yourself as a child to the students and ask them the following question:
Looking at the picture what can you say about me when I was at that age?
(You were shorter. Your hair was darker, longer, shorter, etc. You looked very funny.)
- ☺ (10 min) Allow more guesses from the class and then tell students about yourself asking comprehension questions and also questions about students’ life. Note that this is an important part of the lesson because you are involving students in discussion to prepare them to acquire a new grammar construction. Follow the instructions below.
Instructions Examples