2014 grammar issues 3 Key Strategies

3 Key Strategies on
Teaching Grammar
Rodolfo
Chaviano
“Learning without thought is labor lost”
Confucius (551-479 B.C.)
CCNN Conference
Managua August 7th, 2014
rchaviano11@Gmail.com

Dealing with Grammar.Dealing with Grammar.
Grammar and Linguistic Levels
The Grammar Paradox
Three Basic Strategies to Teach Grammar to EFL
Students
What’s my Plan?: CBL
Difficult Grammar Forms to be Taught. Why and How?
Time for Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePVZvMjSMvE

OutlineOutline
rchaviano11@gmail.com
R. Chaviano August 7, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePVZvMjSMvE

Grammar is among the 3 priorities in your Lesson Plan.
Grammar is basic to understand every day English Language
The teaching of grammar improves the Ss Fluency.
Teaching grammar means learning language patterns.
The linguistic area that deals with grammar is known as Pragmatics
There are some linguistic areas in which grammaris useless.
Teaching grammar is a Paradox.
Being competent in grammarmeans being competent in Speaking.
We learn English Grammar the same way as we learn our
native language.
To master Grammar Forms means that you are Proficient in Englis
TRUE or FALSE

___LISTENING
____SPEAKING
____READING
___Pronouncing___Pronouncing
________UnderstandingUnderstanding
__________
VocabularyVocabulary
____________
SpeakingSpeaking
____________ SyntaxSyntax
____________
GrammarGrammar
Write your priorities when Teaching
Use numbers, please.

Linguistic LevelsLinguistic Levels

Can you explain, … if you laughed?
R. Chaviano August 7, 2014 rchaviano@ans.edu.ni

The Grammar Paradox
A paradox is a statement or a concept that seems to be self-contradictory.self-contradictory.
In Logic, a paradox is a statement that contradicts itself absolutely. In
everyday language, a paradoxical statement might only seem contradictory;
it could well be sound. For example:
I always lie. (Logic)
This would be accepted as a paradox in the Logic arena.
If it's true, then it's not true.
You can save money by spending it. (Everyday)
This seems absurd, but it's possibly true. For example, spending money insulating your
roof would reduce heating bills.
R. Chaviano August 7, 2014 rchaviano11@gmail.com

Language Paradox:
The way we Teach Grammar / LanguageThe way we Teach Grammar / Language
is not way Learn it!is not way Learn it!
Skills USE / Pragmatics/
LISTENINGLISTENING PronouncingPronouncing
SPEAKINGSPEAKING UnderstandingUnderstanding
READINGREADING VocabularyVocabulary
WRITINGWRITING SpeakingSpeaking
SyntaxSyntax
GrammarGrammar
CompositionComposition
Language Paradox:
The way we Teach Grammar / LanguageThe way we Teach Grammar / Language
is not way Learn it!is not way Learn it!
Skills USE / Pragmatics/
LISTENINGLISTENING PronouncingPronouncing
SPEAKINGSPEAKING UnderstandingUnderstanding
READINGREADING VocabularyVocabulary
WRITINGWRITING SpeakingSpeaking
SyntaxSyntax
GrammarGrammar
CompositionComposition

Would you explain the message in this comics?

Some Issues on Teaching Grammar
3 Strategies in order to teach grammar:
 Understanding concepts.
Learning a simple formula.
Providing enough practice as reward
and punishment trials.

Understanding conceptsUnderstanding concepts
Simple past = past
event
Present Perfect = past
event
Past perfect = past
event
Past habit = past event
Verb Tense = Observable Behavior
Strategy No. 1Strategy No. 1

Learning a simple formula a+b=c
Simple past = go/ went / work-ed
Present Perfect = have(has) +
p.p.
Past perfect = had + p.p.
Past habit = used to +
infinitive
Verb Tense = formula

Providing enough practice
past event = affirmative
negative
interrogative
past event = in pairs
in groups
orally
in writing
past event = with time
expressions
etc.

What’s your Approach
to language Teaching?
=
Mine =
Competency-Based
Approach
to Language Learning

What do we mean by Competency?What do we mean by Competency?
Knowles (1975) uses the following typology for
competencies:
• Competency comprises several levels within the cognitive domainthe cognitive domain
Knowledge
Understanding
Skill
Attitude
Value
Knowles, M. (1975). Self-Directed Learning. New York: Association Press.
R. Chaviano April 2, 2014

ACHIEVING COMPETENCIES =
Performance Pertinent
Speaking Grammar
Language
FLUENCY ACCURACYCOMPETENCE

Pronouncing
UNDERSTANDING
SPEECH COMPETENCE
LEXICAL COMPETENCE
WRITING COMPETENCE
AUDITORY COMPETENCE
LISTENING COMPETENCE
SYNTAGMATIC COMPETENCESYNTAGMATIC COMPETENCE
GRAMMATICAL COMPETENCE
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE
NON-VERBAL LANGUAGE COMPETENCE
Etc.
BEING
COMPETENT
HAVING
Multiple
Competencies

___________

______________1___

                                                                            Making Questions
                                                                                      ___________________9___

Stating Facts of Life
     ________________________5_____
            Expanding Ideas
                                                                          ____________________________2_____
                                  Connecting Ideas
________________________________3____
Making Comparisons
                                                                     _________________________________8______
Understanding Mass & Unit
                                                                 _____________________________________6______
Building Up Multi-Word Units
                                                          ___ ________________________________________7____
                                                                  Understanding Lexical Units
                                         ______________________________________________________4_______
Understanding Verb Collocation
____________________________________ 10_____
                                  Understanding the Social Meaning of Language

Language Utterances=
Competencies
Possible formulae=
Grammar
Measurable Competencies
Can you provide an example
and a formula?

Please name 2
Difficult Grammar Forms to be
Taught
Why Difficult?
How to deal with difficult
grammar Forms

References
 Sanghi, S. (2007). The Handbook of Competency Mapping: Understanding,
Designing and Implementing Competency Models in Organizations. New Delhi:
Sage Publications.
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/case/competencies.html
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/performance/competencies.html
 Knowles, M. (1975). Self-Directed Learning.
New York: Association Press.
 Pinker, Steven (1997). How the Mind Works.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
 R. Chaviano (2012) Competency-Based Approach to Language Learning.
Nicatesol Conference. Dec 10,2014
R. Chaviano April 2, 2014

Thank you very
much!
Rodolfo Chaviano. August 7, 2014
rchaviano11@Gmail.com

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