TESOL Café_Grammar

I teach...

• kids (elementary school)

• High School (15 to 18)

• University students

• Secondary school (12 to 15)

It is ...

• a public school

• a private school

Do you have internet conection available to use in the classroom?

• yes

• no

Approximately how many students do you have in your classrooms?

• 20 to 25

• 30 to 35

• 40 to 45

• more than 45

What do you teach more?

• Grammar and Vocabulary

• Listening

• Reading

• Speaking

• All the abilities including writing

What is a communicative approach?

• It is a lesson that gives students the opportunity to practice the target grammar item through specific communicative tasks and activities.

• Teaching grammar separated from the larger contexts in which language is used

• Teaching language or vocabulary concepts by using physical movement to react to verbal input.

What is deductive approach?

• Drawing the learner’s attention to grammar rules or principles and then getting the students to apply this in practice.

  Presenting the grammar chart and then practicing.

• It means that students are provided with texts and examples first. The role of the teacher is to provide the language in order to help students find the rules, to guide them in discovery and then provide more opportunities to practice.

• To use only the target language that the students are trying to learn.

What is an inductive approach?

• Drawing the learner’s attention to grammar rules or principles and then getting the students to apply this in practice.

  Presenting the grammar chart and then practicing.

• It means that students are provided with texts and examples first. The role of the teacher is to provide the language in order to help students find the rules, to guide them in discovery and then provide more opportunities to practice.

• The idea is that any language is made up of complex grammar rules. These rules, according to this approach need to be learnt in a specific order.

Which one is an example of deductive approach?

• What's the difference between this two sencences:

  I work in a bank

  I worked in a bank two years ago

• Change this sentence to simple past:

  I work in a bank

What is a manipulative type of activity?

• Teacher: Make this sentence negative

  He likes to study the environment

• Teacher: Look at the picture and describe what is happening

• Teacher: What do you do in your free time?

  S1: I like to spend time with my family

  S2: I enjoy playing outside

  S3: I like reading books