Teaching Grammar: There has

to be a better Way ( And there

is).

Thamilchelvi Munusamy

a.

Purpose: To produce well-formed sentences.

b. Since grammar is the study of sentence

construction, focusing on the sentence, in a
way that doesn't depend on explicit
grammatical knowledge, is the key to
teaching an otherwise difficult set of concepts
successfully to groups of diverse learners.
c. To avoid problems in constructing sentence
using grammatical terms, there are several
techniques and ideas.

e. There are FOUR kinds of sentence

parts:
1.Main parts: These parts contain the
main action of the sentence.
2.Lead-In-Parts: These parts lead into
other parts, especially main parts.
3.In Between Parts: These parts fall
in between other parts.
4.Add-on Parts: These extra [arts
convey additional information about
the other parts.

d. To avoid problems in constructing

sentence using grammatical terms, there
are several techniques and ideas.
SIX SIMPLE PATTERNS:
1. Intro + Main
Eg: David Beckham is a former
professional footballer.

2. Main + Add-On
Eg: He played forManchester United.

Main + In-Between + Main

Eg: He was the first British footballer
to play 100 UEFA Champions League
games.

3.

4. Main + Add-On + Add-On

Eg: He was the first English player to
win league titles in four countries,
England, Spain, the United States and
France.

 5. Intro + In-Between + Main

Eg: In international football,
Beckham made his England debut
on 1 September 1996 at the age of
21.
6. Main + In-Between + Add-On
Eg: In 2013 Beckham was listed as
the highest paid player in the world,
earning over $50million in the
previous 12 months.