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Teachinggrammar 110901143132 Phpapp01
Teachinggrammar 110901143132 Phpapp01
Language functions can be defined as the goals the language learner needs to achieve in order to communicate.
Making Predictions.
Making Predictions.
Describing actions.
Retelling past events. Making Predictions.
Describing actions.
Retelling past events. Making Predictions. Comparing Contrasting Defining Sequencing Hypothesizing, speculating and Summarizing
Pair work
With a partner, make a list of 4 advantages and disadvantages of inductive and deductive learning. Share your list with the class. (10-15 minutes)
Disadvantages
Starting the lesson with a grammar explanation may be frustrating for some students, especially younger ones. They may not have sufficient metalanguage or may not be able to understand the concepts involved. Grammar explanation encourages a teacher-fronted, transmission style classroom. Explanation is seldom as memorable as other forms of presentation, such as demonstration.
It respects the intelligence and maturity of many students and acknowledges the role of cognitive processes in language acquisition. It confirms many students expectations about classroom learning, particularly for those with an analytical learning style.
It allows for teachers to deal with language points as they come up rather than having to anticipate them and prepare for them in advance.
Such an approach encourages the belief that learning a language is simple a case of knowing the rules.
Disadvantages
Time and energy spent working out rules may mislead students into believing that rules are the objective of language learning.
Students may hypothesize the wrong rule, or their version of the rule may be either too broad or to narrow. It can place heavy demands on teachers in planning a lesson.
An inductive approach frustrates students who, because of personal learning style or past learning experience, would prefer simply to be told the rule.
Thornbury, S. How to Teach Grammar (2000)
Deductive teaching
Deductive teaching involves drawing the learners attention specifically to one or more features of the linguistic system. This can be achieved by describing rules or principles and the getting students to apply this in practice in the form of grammar.
Teaching Exercise
Teaching Exercise
Activity: Study the exercise given. How would you set this up for your students? How would you follow it up? Using the exercise as model, design a similar exercise to introduce one of the following grammatical items: The verb be am, is, are. Placement of adverbs of frequency in sentences. Count and noncount nouns.
Activity
Using the exercise as model, design a similar exercise to introducing one of the following grammatical items:
The verb be am, is, are. Placement of adverbs of frequency in sentences. Count and noncount nouns.