This document provides a template for analyzing the grammar and vocabulary of a language to teach to students. The grammar section covers meaning, form, and pronunciation of a grammatical structure and anticipated problems and solutions. The vocabulary section analyzes specific lexical items, covering meaning, form, pronunciation, and ways to check student understanding. The document aims to help instructors systematically plan how to first present and check comprehension of a language's grammar and words.
This document provides a template for analyzing the grammar and vocabulary of a language to teach to students. The grammar section covers meaning, form, and pronunciation of a grammatical structure and anticipated problems and solutions. The vocabulary section analyzes specific lexical items, covering meaning, form, pronunciation, and ways to check student understanding. The document aims to help instructors systematically plan how to first present and check comprehension of a language's grammar and words.
This document provides a template for analyzing the grammar and vocabulary of a language to teach to students. The grammar section covers meaning, form, and pronunciation of a grammatical structure and anticipated problems and solutions. The vocabulary section analyzes specific lexical items, covering meaning, form, pronunciation, and ways to check student understanding. The document aims to help instructors systematically plan how to first present and check comprehension of a language's grammar and words.
Name of structure / function and marker sentence(s)
How will you present this language to the students? How will they first meet the language?
Meaning Checking meaning Form Pronunciation
(what it means in student-friendly (e.g. concept checking (how to build the structure or (phonemic script, stress, language) questions, timelines) key components of the function) contractions, weak forms etc.)
Anticipated problems Possible solutions
Meaning Meaning
Form Form
Pron contractions Pron drill+ phonemic chart
Language Lexis Analysis
How will you present this language to the students? How will they first meet the language?
Lexical item Meaning Checking Meaning
(e.g., concept checking questions, visuals) Form (part of speech, spelling) (what it means in student-friendly Pronunciation (phonemic script, language) stress)
J. Scrivener, Teaching English Grammar, Macmillan Publishers, 2010