_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

DAY 2- Session 4 MODULE 4 TYPES OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING GRAMMAR

OBJECTIVES: - To develop activities that meet both the curriculum requirements and the competences set by the Common European Framework of Languages - To develop teaching strategies that embed grammar instruction within context that are meaningful to the learners, that is, to teach grammar communicatively - To provide teachers and students with a model of computerized assisted language learning (CALL) - To facilitate ease of navigation and use of the internet (5min)

Time
9:00-10:30

Activity A1 Goals and techniques for teaching grammar

1. Warm-up:

Details

Methodology
brainstorming

Resources

The teacher gives the trainees a riddle: t is greater than God,it is more evil than the Devil, The poor have it, the rich need it And if you eat it youll die The trainees try to find the right answer. If they dont manage to find it, the teacher will write the riddle again, replacing t by the word nothing. The will ask the trainees whether th is riddle tells them something about the importance of grammar. (10min) Overhead projector, laptop, flipchart 2. Presentation of different techniques used when teaching grammar: The teacher asks the trainees to come up with some types of activities used in teaching grammar, then there will be a power point presentation on this topic. (15min)

Powerpoint presentation Whole class activity Group work

flipchart

In groups of five the trainees will then debate on different teaching techniques according to their personal experience

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ and then they will devise a suitable activity.(25min) e.g. teaching present perfect versus past tense

3.Activity: The teacher indicates a site where they can find model exercises in this respect. (15min)

http://www.en glischhilfen.de/en/ex ercises/tenses/ simple_past_pr esent_perfect.h tm Grammar with Laughter

4.The teacher gives handouts containing written texts with verbs in brackets they are supposed to use in different tenses according to the issue tackled. (15min) 5. Feed-back session: the trainees receive small pieces of paper and they are asked to express suggestions for improving teaching grammar and the pieces of paper are then displayed on the wall.(10min)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Distribute two short narratives about recent experiences or events, each one to half of the class

Teach the regular -ed form, using verbs that occur in the texts as examples. Teach the pronunciation and doubling rules if those forms occur in the texts.

Teach the irregular verbs that occur in the texts.

3

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Students read the narratives, ask questions about points they don't understand. Students work in pairs in which one member has read Story A and the other Story B. Students interview one another; using the information from the interview, they then write up or orally repeat the story they have not read.
Example: Student (in class): I
4

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

buy a new car yesterday. Teacher: You bought a new car yesterday. Remember, the past tense of buy is bought.

When students are engaged in communicative activities, correct errors only if they interfere with comprehensibil ity. Respond using correct forms, but without stressing them.

Example: Student (greeting teacher) : I buy a new car yesterday! Teacher: You bought a new car? That's exciting! What kind?