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MONTSE IRUN
UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA
Grammar?
What is grammar?
 This is 268770068. We’re not at
home right now. Please leave
a message after the beep.
 We’re not at home right now.
This is 268770068. Please leave
a message after the beep.
 Right now at home we’re not.
Is this odd?
This is 268770068. We’re at
home right now. Please
leave a message after
the beep.
Tickets!
Where daddy?
What is grammar?
The study of
what forms
are possible or
feasible in a
language.
Spoken or written grammar?
 Had to laugh, though.
 Want a ciggie?
 The guy that made it, he was telling me, he doesn’t eat it
himself.
 I would not interrumpt while others guests are dining.
What is grammar?
Grammar syllabuses
Selection and grading
 Complexity
 Learnability
 Teachability
Usefulness and
frequency
Why teach
grammar?
Reasons for
 The fine tuning argument
 The learner expectation argument
 The fosilization argument
 The advance argument
Reasons against
 The communication argument
 The natural order argument
 The lexical chunks argument
 The knowledge how argument
How to teach
grammar
Rules
 The rule of context: teach grammar in context
 The rule of use: teach grammar to facilitate
comprehension and production of language
 The rule of economy: economise on presentation.
Maximum practice
 The rule of relevance: teach grammar students
have problems with
 The rule of nurture: teach grammar cyclically
 The rule of appropriacy: teach grammar according
to level, interests, expectations and learning styles
Inductive approach
(discovery learning)
example
rule
Deductive approach
(rule-driven learning)
rule
example
Text and context
text
rule
What will learners learn by
doing this?
Make these sentences passive
Example: John wrote that letter. That letter was written by
John.
 1.- The cow jumped over the moon.
 2.- Willy ate his sister’s porridge.
 3.- Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
 4.- Somebody broke into our house last night.
 5.- Koala bears eat eucalyptus leaves.
 6.- The Queen has just opened the Parliament.
What will learners learn by
doing this?
Make these sentences passive
Example: John wrote that letter. That letter was written by John.
 1.- The cow jumped over the moon. NO SENSE
 2.- Willy ate his sister’s porridge. LACK OF COHERENCE
 3.- Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
 4.- Somebody broke into our house last night. TAUTOLOGY
 5.- Koala bears eat eucalyptus leaves. NO SENSE
 6.- The Queen has just opened the Parliament. TAUTOLOGY
TIPS TO TEACH ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
 Teach the grammar they need
 Teach grammar when they need it
 Teach grammar in a text
 Teach grammar communicatively
 Use pedagogic translation sparingly
NEVER FORGET
COMMUNICATION IS THE BOSS
(c) Oral Skills in EFL - Montse Irun

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Teaching grammar

  • 3. What is grammar?  This is 268770068. We’re not at home right now. Please leave a message after the beep.  We’re not at home right now. This is 268770068. Please leave a message after the beep.  Right now at home we’re not.
  • 4. Is this odd? This is 268770068. We’re at home right now. Please leave a message after the beep. Tickets! Where daddy?
  • 5. What is grammar? The study of what forms are possible or feasible in a language.
  • 6. Spoken or written grammar?  Had to laugh, though.  Want a ciggie?  The guy that made it, he was telling me, he doesn’t eat it himself.  I would not interrumpt while others guests are dining.
  • 8. Grammar syllabuses Selection and grading  Complexity  Learnability  Teachability Usefulness and frequency
  • 10. Reasons for  The fine tuning argument  The learner expectation argument  The fosilization argument  The advance argument
  • 11. Reasons against  The communication argument  The natural order argument  The lexical chunks argument  The knowledge how argument
  • 13. Rules  The rule of context: teach grammar in context  The rule of use: teach grammar to facilitate comprehension and production of language  The rule of economy: economise on presentation. Maximum practice  The rule of relevance: teach grammar students have problems with  The rule of nurture: teach grammar cyclically  The rule of appropriacy: teach grammar according to level, interests, expectations and learning styles
  • 17.
  • 18. What will learners learn by doing this? Make these sentences passive Example: John wrote that letter. That letter was written by John.  1.- The cow jumped over the moon.  2.- Willy ate his sister’s porridge.  3.- Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.  4.- Somebody broke into our house last night.  5.- Koala bears eat eucalyptus leaves.  6.- The Queen has just opened the Parliament.
  • 19. What will learners learn by doing this? Make these sentences passive Example: John wrote that letter. That letter was written by John.  1.- The cow jumped over the moon. NO SENSE  2.- Willy ate his sister’s porridge. LACK OF COHERENCE  3.- Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.  4.- Somebody broke into our house last night. TAUTOLOGY  5.- Koala bears eat eucalyptus leaves. NO SENSE  6.- The Queen has just opened the Parliament. TAUTOLOGY
  • 20.
  • 21. TIPS TO TEACH ENGLISH GRAMMAR  Teach the grammar they need  Teach grammar when they need it  Teach grammar in a text  Teach grammar communicatively  Use pedagogic translation sparingly NEVER FORGET COMMUNICATION IS THE BOSS
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  • 23. (c) Oral Skills in EFL - Montse Irun