English as a Foreign Language: Grammar

The purpose of this section is to explore approaches and techniques to teach Grammar.

Introduction

Students’ reactions to grammar-focused lessons seem to be typically one of three kinds. Some students find grammar very appealing, some find it intrinsically boring, and some find it useful but really hard work.

What is Grammar ?

- the rules for forming words and for combining words to form sentences

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles-espanol/grammar

What rules ?

In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar

In order to make grammar more interesting for students, I’d recommend a more inductive approach, i.e. students should be allowed to work out the meaning and the rules of the grammar for themselves.

References:
http://www.onestopenglish.com/methodology/methodology/grammar-vocabulary-and-skills/grammar-and-vocabulary-seven-ways-to-help-students-enjoy-grammar/146459.article

Grammar is divided into:

Subtopic 1: Morphology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphology_(linguistics)

Subtopic 2: Syntax

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax

Subtopic 3: Phonology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonology

Subtopic 4: Phonetics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics

Subtopic 6: Pragmatics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatics

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Teaching Ling. Grammar through videos:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9LpTZkQeZs

Teaching Grammar for students through Videos:

Topic: There is / There are

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/there-there-are-and-it

Teaching Grammar to students through videos

Side by Side

Movement - Role Play - Let the students act out the situations

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