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Teaching Grammar

Fear Grammar No More! Learn How to Teach Those Long-Forgotten rules of Grammar,
Sentence Structure and Style. Teaching Grammar Will Be Fun When You Are Prepared!

You may know the rules of grammar, but do you know how to teach it effectively?

This professional specialization course shows you how.

Proficient knowledge of grammar is an essential part of language acquisition and
communication. This comprehensive 60-hour "Teaching Grammar" course has been
designed with two goals in mind. It will perfect your own grammar skills, and it will also
give you an overall perspective on how to teach grammar in a conversational English
classroom. Teachers around the globe have found great success in teaching grammar
by implementing the methods taught in this course. This manual supplies you with the
theory behind teaching grammar, and includes grammar activities for you to use in your
classroom. This course will be your key to becoming a confident and effective TESOL
grammar teacher.

Course Content:

The Grammar course consists of three separate units.

1. Self-Assessment

Topics covered include:
Nouns, articles, pronouns, adjectives, modal auxiliaries, present and past verbs, future
verbs, tag sentences, idioms and conditionals.
 

Topics covered include:
The megamyth of grammar acquisition, universal grammar, Krashen's theory, nature vs.
nurture, Vygotsky's zone of proximal development, Skinner's verbal behaviour, Piaget's
view of language acquisition, cognitive theory, the speech act theory, short history of
grammar, implicit vs. explicit grammar, and pedagogic grammar.

3. How to Teach Grammar

Topics covered include:
Aspects of teaching, learning structures, classroom hints, approaches to grammar,
grammar games and worksheets.
 

Course Requirements:

Several assignments are to be completed and submitted. These include four self-
assessment activities, four lesson plans dealing with grammar activities, and a final
exam consisting of theory and grammar assignments.

Without proper training, teaching overseas is a daunting task. Public school systems
in Canada and the United States have drastically reduced the amount of time dedicated
to teaching English-speaking students grammar, and as a result they do not grasp a
proper understanding of their own grammar rules. Teaching these rules, then, becomes
almost impossible if the teacher does not truly understand the mechanics of grammar.
Teaching Grammar breaks down the most common grammar rules taught at the
beginner or intermediate level, so that the teacher is able to enter any classroom with
confidence. It also goes further into the theory behind grammar so that each teacher can
develop his or her own approach to grammar acquisition.
Don't despair! Grammar, when broken down into individual lessons, can be enjoyable.

 

 

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