Teaching and learning : The effective teaching of grammar in modern foreign languages (MFL) ’One of the most misunderstood words in the English language has to be the word ‘grammar’ ’(Rendall‚ 2006: 53). This statement stands as the ideal starting point from which to unveil a rationale for the importance of grammar in the language acquisition process and how it has been perceived in the past decades . What is grammar ? Why and how should it be taught ? These questions‚ as basic as they look
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Lecture 1 The importance of studying theoretical grammar English is generally acknowledged to be the world’s most important language. Why? 1) One criterion is the number of speakers of English‚ which is more than three hundred million‚ and English ranks well below Chinese. 2) The second is the geographical dispersal of the language. 3) The third criterion is that it is the language of Shakespeare 4) English is a language of powerful‚ productive and influential nations
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Let’s see the word categories written by Haadia. Grammar Types of Nouns Haadia is reviewing different types of nouns. Let’s see what she is reviewing. Common nouns are the names of common persons‚ places‚ things or ideas. Common nouns are of different types. Concrete countable nouns represent the
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that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. An interjection (INT) - is a word that is used to show strong emotion but is not connected grammatically to the rest of the sentence. Functions: The SUBJECT (S) is the noun of pronoun or combination of words naming the person‚ place‚ thing or idea about which something is being said. A DIRECT OBJECT (DO) is a noun or pronoun that follows an action verb and receives the action of the verb. An INDIRECT
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INTRODUCTION Based on the discussion of the validity of Noam Chomsky’s perception of Universal Grammar (UG)‚ some past & current researches which maintain & contest Chomsky’s UG from different areas are represented. The essay focuses on: 1) Chomsky’s Universal Grammar in brief‚ in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) context; 2) Evidences supporting Chomsky’s UG - views offered by linguists such as Williams and White‚ etc‚ to provide arguments to support UG pertaining
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Lesson Planning What does a lesson involves? 1. Transaction: The actual learning which takes place in the lesson (an acquisition or a purposeful give-and-take) 2. Interaction: The social relationships between learners themselves or between teachers (T-S). 3. Goal-oriented effort: awareness of a clear‚ worthwhile objective‚ the necessity of effort to attain it in a resulting sense of satisfaction and triumph if it is achieved‚ or of failure and disappointment if it is not. A satisfying‚ enjoyable
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English Grammar For Economics And Business For students & professors with English as a Foreign Language Patricia Ellman Download free books at Patricia Ellman English Grammar For Economics And Business For students & professors with English as a Foreign Language Download free eBooks at bookboon.com 2 English Grammar For Economics And Business: For students & professors with English as a Foreign Language 2nd edition © 2014 Patricia Ellman & bookboon.com ISBN 978-87-403-0653-8 Download free
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Disability Awareness Lesson Go Math! 3rd grade single digit multiplication Objectives: 1. Students will demonstrate their knowledge gained from the day before by correctly solving the problem of the day. 2. Students will use different strategies to solve single digit multiplication problems with at least 80% accuracy. Activity 1: The students will complete problem of the day. The problem will be related to what the students learned the day before and will be posted on the board and they
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DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMAR IN AN EFL CONTEXT1 Abdu Mohammed Al-Mekhlafi PhD.‚ College of Education‚ Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman rayan3@gmail.com Ramani Perur Nagaratnam PhD.‚ Ministry of Manpower‚ Oman The role of grammar instruction in an ESL/EFL context has been for decades a major issue for students and teachers alike. Researchers have debated whether grammar should be taught in the classroom and students‚ for their part‚ have generally looked upon grammar instruction as a necessary
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G-TRAC (Grammar Tracking Assignment Checklist) Throughout the term you will be expected to identify‚ correct‚ and reflect on any grammatical errors evident in your written work. Very often the same mistakes are made over and over again‚ so this assignment is an exercise in targeting those repeated errors in an effort to be more aware of them and ensure that you are less likely to commit them in the future. It is also an exercise in building up and diversifying your written grammar. In order to
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