Teaching Grammar

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Summary of the article“Teaching Grammar”written by Diane Larsen-Freeman: 

Summary of the article “Teaching Grammar” written by Diane Larsen-Freeman Ana Maria Menezes

Former approaches to teaching grammar.: 

Former approaches to teaching grammar. Analysing language Using language

“Research has shown that teachers who focus students’ attention on form during communicative interactions are more effective than those who never focus on form.”Spada and Lightbown, 1993.: 

“Research has shown that teachers who focus students’ attention on form during communicative interactions are more effective than those who never focus on form.” Spada and Lightbown, 1993.

Grammatical structures not only have FORM, they are also used to express MEANING in context-approriate USE.: 

Grammatical structures not only have FORM, they are also used to express MEANING in context-approriate USE.

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FORM/ STRUCTURE Morphosyntactic and lexical patterns Phonemic/ graphemic patterns MEANING/ SEMANTICS Lexical meaning Grammatical meaning USE/ PRAGMATICS Social context Linguistic discourse context Presuppositions about context

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FORM How is it formed? MEANING What does it mean? USE When/ why is it used?

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FORM ‘s or s’ /z/~/s/~/əz/ MEANING Possession Description Amount Relationship Part/ whole Origin/ agent USE ‘s versus possessive determiner ‘s versus of the ‘s versus noun compounds POSSESSIVES

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FORM Verb + particle Verb + particle + preposition Transitive/ intrans. Separable/ inseparable Stress and juncture patterns MEANING Literal Figurative Multiple meanings USE Informal discourse Principle of dominance PHRASAL VERBS

FORM: 

FORM Meaningful practice Games Cuisenaire rods Problem-solving activities

MEANING: 

MEANING Associate form + meaning. Realia / pictures. Actions (TPR). Concentration game.

USE: 

USE Selecting between different options. (Why use one form and not another?)

The framework helps teachers identify where the learning challenge lies.: 

The framework helps teachers identify where the learning challenge lies.

And helps teachers make clear decisions about how to teach grammar.: 

And helps teachers make clear decisions about how to teach grammar.

For more information:: 

For more information: Read “The Grammar Book” by Celce-Murcia and Larsen-Freeman, 1999