Summary How to teach grammar

Written by Denise Rossel

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Teaching Language Systems - introduction............................................................2
Chapter 1 – what is grammar?............................................................................... 3
Grammar and meaning....................................................................................... 4
Two kinds of meaning.......................................................................................... 4
Grammar and its function................................................................................... 5
Some and any..................................................................................................... 6
How to deal with grammatical errors.....................................................................7
Classifying mistakes – what kind of error is it?....................................................7
Type of errors...................................................................................................... 8
How to integrate grammar.................................................................................. 9
Integrating grammar part 2 – Comparative.......................................................10
Types of tests....................................................................................................... 11
6 assessment factors for all tests......................................................................11
Grammar and meaning.................................................................................... 12
Grammar Rules.................................................................................................. 12
Grammar methods............................................................................................ 13
Basic principles for grammar teaching.........................................................13
Approaches to teach grammar.......................................................................14
Grammar through texts................................................................................ 14
Grammar practise............................................................................................. 14
Grammar errors................................................................................................. 15
Integrating grammar........................................................................................ 15
Grammar testing............................................................................................... 15
Mock questions:................................................................................................ 16




Teaching Language Systems - introduction

, During the first lesson we discussed different ways to introduce the past simple
and the past perfect. The first ways was by using the PPP-approach and the
second one was TPR. TPR stands for Total Physical Responds, this approach
involves students. They are active and the activities meets their
‘belevingswereld’.


Our teacher brought a clock to school to show us how the total physical responds
works. She told one student to jump on his chair at 5 o’clock and another student
to walk to the board at 5:15. She moved the clock hands and the students did
what they had to do. After this she asked the other students to tell her what just
happened :
‘student one had jumped on his chair while student two walked to the
board.
TPR -> English Grammar through actions.




Chapter 1 – what is grammar?
All language in use can be analysed at each of these four levels: text, sentence,
word and sound. These are the forms that language takes.