10 Easy Tips on Teaching Grammar Part 2

Here are more tips on grammar teaching!

4.        “Once students have acquired enough language to understand the process, start teaching them the rules so they can apply them for themselves.”

Before they acquired enough language skills, your students won’t be able to understand the rules. Some more tangible grammar rules such as is/are, he/she etc. can be taught at beginner level. However it could be confusing to explain to your student the difference between adjective and adverb. A teacher’s role is to facilitate the process of learning. So the more students understand, the better they are able to tell when the form and the function are used.

5.        “The higher your students’ speaking abilities are, the more they need to study grammar.”

Some teachers/ students* believed their advanced students should be free-talking, conversational only class. However, we never really acquire our first language completely, so there is no point in a student’s life where he or she needs to stop learning.

* Many advanced students often request conversation class to maintain their English abilities. Though they might only request free talking, it is important to combine grammar into conversational class. Since these students are more advance, they would appreciate and understand the grammar rules better.

6.        “In a classroom setting, never correct a student’s error more than twice.”

Some students might feel embarrassed and shut down. This happens quite often in Taiwanese classroom setting, since “face(面子 mianzi)” is a key factor in the culture. If the student is still making the same mistakes, move the error correction into a much more private setting. Language leaning should be taught in a safe and comfortable environment.

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