TEACHING

GRAMMAR

M S . DA N G N G O C A N H T H U
 WHAT TO TEACH IN A STRUCTURE?
• E.g. Dennis used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.
• Form: USED TO + BARE INF.
• Meaning/ Use: A habit in the past which is not done any more.
• Deductive & Inductive way in grammar teaching

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Deductive (GTM) Inductive (DM, ALM)

 HOW TO TEACH A GRAMMAR POINT
• The current series of high school textbook: Most of the grammar points
are taught explicitly and inductively
• Explicit & inductive Presentation (10’- 15’)
• specific ex. => rule
* using pictures
* using situations
• Practice (15’ – 20’)
• Production (10’ -30’)

• Note: In the Lang. Focus period, only the first 2Ps (Presentation and Pracitice
can be implemented
1. PRESENTING (INDUCTIVELY)
• 1.1 Lead-in
• 1. 2 Present Form & Meaning
• 1.3 Give other examples.
• 1.4 Conduct repetition of title, model sentence &
examples. (if necessary)
• 1.5 Ask class to copy down lesson
 I. LEAD-IN
• Introducing the structure in contexts (a reading/; listening text)
• Using pictures/situations

SO + adj + THAT- clause

Meaning:
to express both the cause and the result of a situation
• Give other examples
 II. PRACTISING GRAMMAR
• Purpose: To get ss to use the new SUBSTITUTION
language accurately & fluently
SINGLE WORD PROMPT
• Process (Theoretically) PICTURE PROMPT
– controlled/mechanical
FREE SUBSTITUTION
practice
Students can correctly practice the Ss SAY REAL THINGS
written forms but may lack fluency ABOUT THEMSELVES
when produce the structure orally
REPETITION
– meaningful practice
UNSCRAMBLE
Decide whether the following activities are
SENTENCES
MECHANICAL OR MEANINGFUL.
MEANINGFUL PRACTICE
• Using created situations
• Information gap exercise
• Interview
• Using chained phrases for
story telling
• Find someone who
• Using prompts for practice
• Mapped dialogue
• others
 III. PRODUCTION/ FREE PRACTICE
• Aim: to get Ss to express own ideas
or talk about own experience
• HOW?
–Role play
2030.
–Discussion
–Presenting a talk
• Get Ss to talk a/b real life
• Ask Ss to imagine a
situation which is not real
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