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Course
Overview:
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.
- Self-Assessment Topics covered
include: Nouns, articles, pronouns, adjectives,
modal auxiliaries, present and past verbs, future
verbs, tag sentences, idioms and conditionals.
- Grammar Theory 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.
- How to Teach Grammar Topics covered
include: Aspects of teaching, learning structures,
classroom hints, approaches to grammar, grammar
games and worksheets.
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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.
Teaching Grammar helps you, the teacher,
to teach grammar with ease!
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