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Making Grammar Lessons Fun
with examples from Grammar Tour and Grammar Goals
Magdalena Panova
BETA Conference, May 2008, Sofia
Main Points
Identifying the problematic areas
Ideas on how to deal with specific aspects of teaching grammar
Making grammar lessons more interesting
Conclusions
Make Learning Load Lighter
Draw students’ attention to helpful patterns. Help them discover those patterns for
themselves. The ability to recognise items which are
similar will make it easier for the student to learn.
Rules
Rules should be descriptive and clear.
They should say how the language is used, not how it should be used.
Explanation, example, practice.
Involve both oral and written practice
Oral Practice
Develop the ability to understand and respond quickly.
Written Practice
Students have time to pause, think and consciously construct.
First oral practice Then written practice Finally further oral free practice
Move from controlled to free practice
Controlled practice – the first step Free practice – teacher has least control,
students have the chance to make mistakes (show what they have not learned)
Free practice (situations, dialogue building, information gap-based pair work, discussion, writing/talking about student’s own interest) essential part of learning
Conclusions
Grammar practice can be lively and amusing – it should be done frequently, briskly and with a touch of humour.
The teaching of structure can be made fun if students can be encouraged to explore and discover for themselves.
Emphasis should be on the student exploring rather than on the teacher explaining.