HOW TO TEACH GRAMMAR EFFECTIVELY

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• HOW TO TEACH GRAMMAR

• Do

• Don´t

• Visual charts

• Exposure to grammatical situations

• Creation of grammatical situations

• Use learning situations

• Reading texts/writing situations

• Use digital tools

• Teach/model grammar concepts

• Ask grammar questions/quizzes

• Assess every single grammatical choice

• Have your students complete grammar exercises without purpose of practice

• Teach many skills at the same time

• Teach/abandon skills

• Forget the power of a print-rich environment

• Become overwhelmed by the number of grammar skills students need to know

• Rush into technical rules

• Principles for learning-centered grammar teaching

• Need for grammar

• Meaning vs Grammar

• Learning process

• Development of internal grammar

• Role of grammar rules

• Techniques supporting grammar learning

• Listen and notice

• Repetition / contrast

• Language practice activities

• Questionnaires, surveys and quizzes, 

• Information gap activities

• Drills and Chants