Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching Geoff Thompson ELT Journal Volume 50/1 January 1996‚ pp. 9 - 15 Although communicative language teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use‚ there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions‚ discusses why they have arisen‚ and why they can be so described. In doing this‚ the article attempts to
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PARTICIPANT’S GUIDE What have I done in my own classroom lately? 1. List what you have done to teach a grammar or mechanics pattern/skill in your own classroom. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Did you thoroughly share many correct models of the skill‚ both visually and verbally? _____________________________
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на тема: TEACHING GRAMMAR COMMUNICATIVELY Ментор: Изработила: Table of content: 1. Introduction 2. What is Grammar? 3. Why study grammar? 4. Approaches to teaching grammar 5. Communicative grammar teaching 6. Current trends in teaching grammar 7. References
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WHAT IS THE GRAMMAR………………………………………4 1.1 The Importance of grammar………………………………………….….4 1.2 The Psychological Characteristic of Grammar Skills……………………4 1.3 The Content of Teaching grammar…………………………………….…6 PART 2 MAJOR METHODS AND PRINCIPLES …………………...…….8 1.1 A Brief Review of the Major Methods of Foreign Language Teaching.…8 1.1.1 The Grammar Translation method…………………………………..…8 1.1.2 The Direct Method……………………………………………………..9 1.1.3 The Audiolingual Method……………………………………….……10 1.1.4 Grammar explanations
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GRAMMAR TEACHING PROBLEMS Grammar is the study of rules governing the use of language‚ and it includes the study of phonology‚ phonetics‚ morphology‚ semantics‚ syntax‚ and pragmatics. Understanding the rules and function of grammar is an integral part of good writing‚ but many students find the study of it to be boring and difficult. There are many ways to teach grammar to students that can fun and interesting. Many people‚ including language teachers‚ hear the word "grammar" and think of a fixed
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OK. Today‚ we will discuss grammar teaching. This chapter includes 5 titles. The first one is: A) Introducing Grammar This part of the chapter gives us examples and principles on how to introduce a grammatical function or a grammatical structure. Examples given here are actually based on inductive methods of grammar teaching. First I want to give you a brief comparison of inductive and traditional methods of grammar teaching. Traditional Method: 1- It defines rules and exceptions at the first
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TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS GRAMMAR? WHAT IS GRAMMAR? There are two definitions of grammar according to the Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms: • The systematic study and description of a language. • A set of rules and examples dealing with the syntax and word structures of a language‚ usually intended as an aid to the learning of that language. IMPORTANT IDEAS • • • • • 1. Grammar is broad. 2. Grammar has no clear boundaries. 3. The KS3 Framework for English
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Topic : The Effectiveness of Using Games in Teaching Grammar for Year Five Students. CHAPTER 1 : 1.0 INTRODUCTION In this research paper we will study the effectiveness of games in teaching grammar for year five students. We will learn to incorporate and use appropriate games when teaching grammar to year five students as games are a part of stimulant. The best way to teach people on anything is to keep them interested by making the teaching process fun. English language is just like any
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Grammar is very important for everyone who wants to learn English language because it is a central to the teaching and learning languages. It is a requirement for them to write or speaking correctly and fluently. By learning grammar‚ students can easily adapt of learning target language from native language. Other than that‚ grammar learning would help students grow intellectually. Student would probably never use the target language‚ but the mental exercise of learning it would be beneficial anyway
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DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE GRAMMAR TEACHING By Arnis Silvia (arnis.silvia@gmail.com) I. Introduction: What is Grammar Teaching and Why? In traditional setting‚ grammar teaching is seen as the presentation and practice of discrete grammatical structures. More comprehensively‚ Ellis1 (2006) defines grammar teaching as: Grammar teaching involves any instructional technique that draws learners ’ attention to some specific grammatical form in such a way that it helps them either to understand it
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