Comments on: Grammar and Your Classroom http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/ The life and times of an English teacher in Mexico City Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:05:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Epicenter Languages http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-653 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:08:36 +0100 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-653 <strong>test trackback</strong> trackback test ... test trackback

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]]> by: Chris Cotter http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-641 Mon, 26 May 2008 20:27:38 +0100 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-641 You're absolutely right about grammar, as a balance needs to be maintained in the classroom. Too much grammar, and the class is just really boring. No grammar, and students lack the building blocks to understand more difficult sentence constructions later in their studies. Students best remember the target language when they get to use it. Present the grammar, drill the grammar, and then provide increasingly free activities for the class to use the language naturally. They also get to tie the target language into past lessons, and to talk about what interests them. Good post! You’re absolutely right about grammar, as a balance needs to be maintained in the classroom. Too much grammar, and the class is just really boring. No grammar, and students lack the building blocks to understand more difficult sentence constructions later in their studies.

Students best remember the target language when they get to use it. Present the grammar, drill the grammar, and then provide increasingly free activities for the class to use the language naturally. They also get to tie the target language into past lessons, and to talk about what interests them.

Good post!

]]> by: Alex Case http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-629 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:54:43 +0000 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-629 I feel a bit guilty about following up a thank you for one mention with a request for another, but that's life I guess- the more you give the more people take. Anyhow, any help in spreading the word on my adventures with a certain UK-based TEFL course provider would be worth several Brownie points in the TEFL afterlife Thanks Alex I feel a bit guilty about following up a thank you for one mention with a request for another, but that’s life I guess- the more you give the more people take. Anyhow, any help in spreading the word on my adventures with a certain UK-based TEFL course provider would be worth several Brownie points in the TEFL afterlife

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]]> by: CJ http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-628 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:30:25 +0000 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-628 My name is CJ miyake and I teach English in Japan. I created a website for ESL and EFl teachers to share teaching ideas. I was hoping you would stop by and share some of yours! If you do get a chance, please let me know what you think. If you have any questions or suggestions, I would love those as well. feedback@oshieroo.com My name is CJ miyake and I teach English in Japan. I created a website for ESL and EFl teachers to share teaching ideas. I was hoping you would stop by and share some of yours! If you do get a chance, please let me know what you think. If you have any questions or suggestions, I would love those as well.

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]]> by: Miss Profe http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-627 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:29:19 +0000 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2008/03/07/grammar-and-your-classroom/#comment-627 Nice to see you posting again. Your post really resonates with me. I still struggle, as a teacher of Spanish as a second language, what the balance of grammar and language is. I would caution, however, that I do and always have found grammar fascinating - never boring. I do realize that many of my students vary in degrees of mental energy, memory retrieval and attention/focus. So, for all of these reasons, an over-zealous emphasis on grammar is counter-productive, and, counter-intuitive. Nice to see you posting again.

Your post really resonates with me. I still struggle, as a teacher of Spanish as a second language, what the balance of grammar and language is. I would caution, however, that I do and always have found grammar fascinating - never boring. I do realize that many of my students vary in degrees of mental energy, memory retrieval and attention/focus. So, for all of these reasons, an over-zealous emphasis on grammar is counter-productive, and, counter-intuitive.

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