Teach Grammar

There are many different methods to teach grammar, but this essay will present the three that might be the most effective in retaining student interest. 1.Situational Presentations2.Text and Recordings3.Test Teach Test 1.Teaching grammar via Situational Presentation In order for grammar to have meaning, it needs to be placed within a context. For instance the preposition 'beside' has no meaning to a student unless it's placed within a context. Using a model sentence such as the 'The bread is beside the toaster' gives the word a basic context. Situational presentation refines the context and thus the meaning by building a 'situation' around the model sentence. It can be presented in three stages with the following example of teaching prepositions based on an airplane ride.Stage 1 ' Discuss...  [Read more]

Many new teachers are intimidated by the prospect of having to teach grammar. There are several reasons for this. Many of us aren't that familiar with grammar rules to begin with, the many exceptions make English grammar a complex subject, and finally, grammar just isn't that exciting to most teachers or students. For these reasons, there can be a tendency to question whether teaching grammar is really that important in the first place.So, is teaching grammar important' I believe it is. Ed Swick says, 'The rules of Grammar for a language learner are like the rules of the road for a driver. In order to be able to drive properly and maneuver with other drivers, you have to know the rules that everybody goes by' This is true of language to. If you follow the rules of grammar you can express...  [Read more]

  Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. In this unit, I have learned that the components of using teaching productive skills consist of speaking and writing. We focus on two variables, accuracy and fluency. In teaching accuracy we concentrate on producing correct language with the students. For fluency the students are able to be creative in experimenting with the language learnt. The unit also covers some examples of speaking activities in the classroom and...  [Read more]

  Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. In this unit, I learned about receptive skills. Reading and writing are two receptive skills. There are many reasons why we as English speakers use receptive skills. A few reasons why people use receptive skills is because it is for a purpose, or for entertainment. When using receptive skills in class, it is important to find texts that motivate the students. First, you want to catch your students attention by showing...  [Read more]

  Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This unit focused more on the specifics of teaching special groups, such as young learners or company employees. I found it similar to the first unit on learners, as it explained probable differences between different groups of learners (e.g. young learners being less motivated and disciplined, but more open to experimentation and the possibility of failure). Much of the unit also concentrated on assessing the needs of...  [Read more]

  Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This unit discusses the productive skills, Speaking and Writing. The skill of writing can sometimes be overlooked in TEFL classes because it is often relegated to homework that doesn't get done. With writing, you want students to be able to write the letters well, spell words correctly and use proper punctuation and layout for the task. In speaking, pronunciation is much more important than in writing since English is...  [Read more]

  Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. The final unit of this course discussed Trouble shooting, or in other words, what you can do to quickly solve problems that may arise. These ideas were also mentioned in previous units and are very common problems that can show up in any classroom. This unit covered a teachers first lesson and what is appropriate for a first lesson, warmers to get students motivated and thinking in english, different student levels and...  [Read more]

  Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. In unit 2, parts of speech were introduced. It taught the basics of nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions. Within those topics, it went in depth of rules, certain types, its usage and the different tenses one may come across. This unit was very useful to me. I was taught most of this information in grade school, so I was familiar with it; however, there was some...  [Read more]

  Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Evaluation and testing was the focus of unit 15.Evaluation and testing is an important part of the learning process for students reasons being that, it provides the teacher with knowledge and information on how much the students know and or have absorbed during the course. This unit provided different ways of evaluating students levels and progress and as well as some of the common exams which students need to be...  [Read more]

  Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Events and dates are set in order of their happening, which is expressed by English speakers through verb tenses. Each tense indicates the connection between two or more time periods or the exact time an activity occurred, which underlines the importance of English grammar tenses. They can be used to create different meanings from the same verbs and help to anchor the listener to understand the meaning behind your...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GuAnyinsi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changde Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The importance of learning English grammar? There are many views about learning English grammar. Many people think that learning English grammar is not important and unnecessary. This idea is not wrong because it depends on the purpose of your English learning. For middle and high school students, learning English grammar is very important because it accounts for...  [Read more]

The following books have been found useful by many teachers, during both their TEFL course and teaching careers: The Practice of English Language Teaching, by Jeremy Harmer (Longman) How to Teach English, by Jeremy Harmer (Longman) English Grammar in Use, by Raymond Murphy (CUP) Practical English Usage, by M. Swan (OUP) Practical English Grammar, by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet (OUP,1990) Collins, Cobuild English Dictionary (Collins) How English Works, by Swan/Walter (OUP) More Grammar Games, by Rinvolucri and Davis (CUP) Grammar Practice Activities, by Penny Ur (CUP) Grammar Games and Activities, by Peter Watcyn-Jones (Penguin) The Resourceful English Teacher, by Chandler/Stone (Delta) Teaching English Abroad, by Susan Griffith (Crimson Publishing) It is certainly not essential to have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xuefu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Introduction: Grammar, as it dictates rules for the formation of a sentence, can be considered to be the most potent tool for communication. Every language, that it does not matter on how every one of the words is formed, relies on grammar to get meanings across. Although grammar has many definitions and may mean differently to different people, this essay focuses on...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Miaoqian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yichng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Grammar is not only about vocabulary and sentence structure, but also can improve our communication and ability of logical thinking. Some people always ask a question that what is the point of learning grammar? Foreigners never learn grammar, but they speak better English than us when they travel abroad. Also nowadays, more and more young students go abroad to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Laocheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Grammar is an important aspect of a language where learners and teachers’ opinions varies. There are students who loves to find out or learn the proper usage of grammar while some wanted to do grammar exercises. While some love grammar, others hate it and think that it is the most boring part of learning a new language. Whatever your stand is, you cannot escape...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TaohuAshAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. What is grammar? Different languages have different grammar rules. How is grammar taught? (EFL: how to teach Chinese students to speak English) What is grammar? Grammar is the rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases and words in a natural language. Simply put, grammar is the general rule of a language. Language is logical; grammar tells us in which...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hedong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baotou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. By Ahmed El-Sayed Taha ITTT. Certificate in Teaching English for Young Learners – Research Assignment 30th of December 2019 Abstract This research highlights the importance of grammar whether in teaching or learning a foreign language. Moreover, it shows different methods of teaching grammar. Introduction It is a matter of fact that grammar is a very important...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changzhou JiAnyu? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. How different students learn grammar? How students learn grammer could depend on a number of factors, such as students' age, linguistic backgrounds and educational systems that a learner is exposed to. While delineating how students learn it, I refer to my own experience as a second language learner as a child, and while teaching students, learning English as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chayuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Loudi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In order to learn a language, most people would consider it important to understand the structure or rules that govern that language, if one is going to communicate effectively. Grammar can be viewed as the set of rules governing language. Online resources such as Cambridge Dictionary (n.d.), have referred to grammar as being “the study or use of the rules, about...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XieshAn Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangyang Shi — Xiangfan? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Studying and learning standard English grammar is an experience that most native speakers must also do. Furthermore, even after learning grammar in an English education system, many native speakers still make grammatical errors in their everyday conversations, and especially so when writing formal documents. However, grammatical errors such as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haifu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nantong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Learning grammar A lot of students struggle with learning grammar. While this struggle is individual and differs from student to student, the difficulty all students face with this can, on the whole, be boiled down to this: They don’t understand how their own language works. When acquiring language as a child, we learn by imitation and repetition; very rarely do...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dashi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. How do different people learn grammar? One may be keen to know what grammar is. Why do we need to learn grammar in our lives? How can I learn grammar? . Grammar is the set of rules that we follow when we speak to express our thoughts and to have a sound and meaningful conversation. It serves as an umbrella that comprises several things including part of speech,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dukou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayannao'er Shi — Bayan Nur? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As we know, there are four significant skills for each English language learner, including: Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading. In order to learn these ones effectively, grammar element plays an important role that helps the leaner to improve, also. Nevertheless, learning grammar is not easy for the student, because they sometimes find it...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChagAnmulun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chifeng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Learning Grammar is the most important aspect for language learners. A good grammar makes us possible to talk about a language. Learning Grammar is a quiet long process, but definetly its not so difficult.Some learners enjoy while doing grammar exercises to learn a language, some of them dislike of grammar. These kind of learners think that much grammar is to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Anguo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Some people think grammar is very boring but it is very important for learners. Grammar is the tool and it holds the sentences in the English language together. Grammar gives meaning and relevance to the sentence. Without it, the language appears meaningless and provides confusing message. Improper usage of grammar will not allow you to communicate correctly and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chenshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Topic:Learning Grammer. Grammar is one of the most taught and emphasized subjects in English teaching courses. Without a doubt, grammar is the most important structural material to speak a language as we need to speak according to the rules of a language when we are expressing ourselves, regardless of the language we are learning. Grammar is really important to this...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in DagAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. During the journal of learning languages, the progress can separated into many parts: vocabulary, speaking, pronunciation, reading, writing, watching, etc. Among these options, one essential part is grammar. And let’s talk about how crucial is it to learn grammar. Grammar is the structure of the language. After studying grammar, learners are able to become more...  [Read more]

'I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.' Carl Sandburg (Cited at Online English Grammar).Is it possible that someone can speak, write, and think in a foreign language without knowing any of the rules and complexities of that language'Indeed, as a native speaker of English I consider myself to have a good grasp of the language, yet up until recently I did not know anything about grammar, nor did I see any value in learning about it. After all: I am communicating in English right now, I was communicating in English from an early age, and I will be communicating in English for a long time to come, so what would be the point of learning about tenses and things like that' In response to the above, it may be fair to say that if someone wants to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShangguAndi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chifeng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Nowadays, English is becoming the international language in the world. People use english for many different reasons such as: communication, international trade, cooperation or establishing the relationship among other countries in the world. Therefore, it is undeniable that english plays an very important role in all aspects. The demand of young people...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Many English learners wonder if learning grammar is important. The answer is 'yes'. Learning grammar is essential. Here are 4 reasons why people should learn grammar. One of the functions of grammar is to make sure that you can express yourself accurately. As a language, English is a tool for people to communicate. If you don’t care whether you speak proper English...  [Read more]