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learnt through meaningful contexts;
rules in speech and writing;
communication should be carried out
effectively and accurately;
Grammar rules to be learnt:
Parts of speech
Sentence types
In order to achieve accuracy in learning english, pupils need to
know and use grammar items learnt effectively
Important in the teaching of grammar:
should not teach in isolation
should be taught in context
rules of grammar can be taught
after teaching a particular
grammar item in context
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!"" #ble to use nouns correctly
and appropriately:
!"& #ble to use pronouns correctly and
appropriately:
$a% reflexive
$b% interrogative
$a% simple future tense $b% future continuous
tense
!"" #ble to use nouns correctly
and appropriately:
!"& #ble to use pronouns correctly and
appropriately:
$a% interrogative
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$a% although
$b% since
$a% over $b% among
and appropriately
$a% although
$b% since
$a% beside $b% next to
$c% between
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!"+ #ble to use articles correctly
and appropriately
$b% degree
$b% fre-uency
Get pupils to sit in a circle
.hrow a ball to one of the pupils, saying:
/rom 0egina to 1aldy for Irene
1aldy then throws the ball to Irene Irene then starts the se-uence
again:
/rom Irene to #kmal for 2ill
.his activity can be used for the following patterns:
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" 6ach player chooses a game marker and places it on Start
& .o take a turn, a player tosses the coin • If it lands
heads up, the player moves his or her marker one space •
If it lands tails up, the player moves two spaces
' .he player reads the word on the space .hen he or she
takes two verb cards from the bag, reads them, and
decides if one of the verbs agrees with the word on the
space • If one of the verbs agrees, the player keeps that card
and returns to the other to the bag • If both verbs agree,
the player keeps both cards • If neither verb agrees, the player
returns both cards to the bag
and the turn ends
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" 6ach player chooses a game marker and places it on
89elcome7
& ne player shuffles the cards .hen he or she passes out six
cards to each player
' .o take a turn, a player tosses the coin • If it lands heads up,
the player moves his or her marker one space • If it lands tails
up, the player moves two spaces
( .he player follows the directions on the space If the space is
marked Describe It!, the player checks his or her cards to see if
one of the ad)ectives can be used to describe the animal in the
pen
• If so, the player places the card on the box next to the animal5s
pen
• If not, the player keeps all of his or her cards and the turn
ends .he player can play only one card each turn
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" 6ach player chooses a game marker and places it on Start
& ne player shuffles the cards and places them on the game
board
' .o take a turn, the first player tosses the coin If it
lands heads up, the player moves his or her marker one space
If it lands tails up, the player moves two spaces
( .he player follows the directions on the space If the space is
marked with a verb or <oo7, he or she reads the word aloud .he
other players then ask, 8=ow now>
? .o answer the -uestion, the player picks a card from the stack,
reads the verb and adverb together, and then performs the action If
the word is <oo7, the player says 8<oo7 in the way described
by the adverb 9hen finished, the player keeps the card
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" 4hoose a sentence that contains the grammar you are teaching Get
one pupil to say it and then get the class to chorus it
& 6xplain that you want them to expand the sentence by one word
or two .hey can put the new word$s% where they like, but with each
expansion the sentence must remain a complete sentence .he pupil
suggesting the expansion must say the complete sentence #n
expansion se-uence might go like this:
" Grammar should not be taught in isolation
& Grammar is taught in context 6mploy fun learning strategies
to teach grammar
' #fter introducing the grammar item in a familiar context, then
you may teach the rule and usage of the grammar item
( Grammar is assessed through speaking and writing activities
! Aanguage learning should focus on fluency, accuracy and
appropriacy
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