Teaching+Grammar

Brainstorm: Do you teach grammar? Do you teach it in English or the target language? Do you teach it everyday? (NO!)

How you learned will influence how you teach

WE need to know our grammar! Should not teach grammar at the cost of communication

Teaching grammar through stories

not discussing grammar too much in the first few years Example: introduce by doing it, have students practice it and make corrections, after multiple activities: ask what's going on, have students try to figure it out, give them a quick visual representation, give students more practice

It is important for students to have the paradigms but to __figure it out for themselves__ before being shown

develop signs with your students to show them where the grammar points come in and need to be corrected teach it once and from then on students will know what they need to do

Use structures even when it is above their level - it will help them when it comes time to understand it

Have as many communicative activities with grammar points as possible- get them talking!

Have a communicative goal and know what grammar point you are trying to teach but don't explicitly tell students