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Meth4Unit3Teaching Grammarfinal
Meth4Unit3Teaching Grammarfinal
FORM (oral/written)
MEANING
USE/CONTEXT
Approaches to Ss read a text. The T tells them to find examples of if – clauses
grammar in the text (the second conditional) and generates the rules.
teaching:
Which one is
more
effective?
Which one are T presents the second conditional by explaining the rules.
Then the ss do practice activities.
Deductive (PPP)
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Rule Example
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Example Rule
D/I approach (advantages/disadvantages)
Deductive Inductive
Usually with lower level ss Usually with higher level ss
Easier Learner autonomy
Less time consuming Motivating
T-centered Engaging
Decontextualized items Authentic materials
L-centered
Presentation-practice-production lesson
models (A)
• Lead-in T sets the context through a visual or aural prompt (Tom’s tall
and Bill’s tall but Tom’s taller than Bill)
• Teacher clarification: T elicits/gives examples of the structure and
explains it. (Is Tom as tall as Bill?)
• Restricted output: oral practice and written practice: (gap-fill,
matching, sentence completion, MCQs, graphic organizers)
• Authentic output: communicative language use (role-play, games,
interviews, writing letters)
PPP (B)
• Lead-in T sets the context through a visual or aural prompt
• Restricted exposure: ss read/listen to a text and do comprehension
tasks
• Teacher clarification: T elicits examples of the structure from the text
and elicits/gives information about the item (form and meaning)
• Restricted output: oral practice and written practice: (drills, gap-fill,
matching, sentence completion, MCQs, graphic organizers, etc.)
• Authentic output: communicative language use (role-play, games,
interviews, debate, writing letters)
Lead-in (establishing the context): eliciting
• What’s a suitable lead-in (context/topic) for introducing the following
grammar structures?
now
Lead-in
• This is my sister. She is two years younger than me. Look at the
picture. What’s her job? What is she doing now? Would you like to be
a…?
She gets up around 6 o’clock every morning and walks to the nearest bus
stop.
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Presenting form (tables and diagrams which
can be used for drilling)
subject main verb be
+ I am French.
You, we, they are French.
He, she, it is French.
- I am not old.
You, we, they are not old.
He, she, it is not old.
? Am I late?
Are you, we, they late?
Is he, she, it late?
Exposure (listening/reading)
How is
grammar Understanding (the form, meaning and use)
internalized?
Controlled practice (restricted output)
• She has been waiting for the bus for an hour. (She’s been waiting)
• They have been listening to music all day long. (They’ve been listening)
• He has been redecorating his flat for a week now. (He’s been
redecorating it.)
• We have been jogging since 6 o’clock this morning. (We’ve been jogging)