Sunday. 6. Tom ______________ (read) the newspaper every morning on the train. 7. Julie usually __________________ (clean) the house on Saturdays. 8. At the moment she _________________ (write) a letter to a client. 9. Julie _________________ (speak) three languages : English‚ French and Spanish. 10. Today is Sunday. Tom and Julie _________________ (relax) in their garden. Past Simple Tense 1. Yesterday evening I__________ (go) to the cinema with a friend. 2. From 1995 to
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Learning English Grammar I. Introduction A. Difficulties in learning English Grammar. B. The specific reasons why second year students of MSU N – IDS have difficulties in learning English grammar can be the basis of idea for instructors to develop and enhance the efficiency of the students in English grammar. II. Body A. Importance of Grammar 1. Grammar as an enabling skill 2. Grammar as motivator 3. Grammar as a means to self – sufficiency B. Grammar Structure
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WHAT IS THE GRAMMAR………………………………………4 1.1 The Importance of grammar………………………………………….….4 1.2 The Psychological Characteristic of Grammar Skills……………………4 1.3 The Content of Teaching grammar…………………………………….…6 PART 2 MAJOR METHODS AND PRINCIPLES …………………...…….8 1.1 A Brief Review of the Major Methods of Foreign Language Teaching.…8 1.1.1 The Grammar Translation method…………………………………..…8 1.1.2 The Direct Method……………………………………………………..9 1.1.3 The Audiolingual Method……………………………………….……10 1.1.4 Grammar explanations
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GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD Mostly known as ‘The Classical Method’‚ Grammar Translation Method is not based on the fact that of communication‚ but teaching. C. Orrieux refers that GTM is for Latin and Ancient Greek are known as “dead languages”. He adds that “it is for the kinds of grammar training that led to the “mental dexterity” considered so important in any higher education study stream.” The aim of teaching these languages is not make the learners speak communicatively. However‚ its fundamental
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The Grammar - Translation Method[1] Introduction As the names of some of its leading exponents suggest (Johann Seidenstucker‚ Karl Plotz‚ H. S. Ollendorf‚ and Johann Meidinger)‚ Grammar translation was the offspring of German scholarship[2]‚ the object of which according to one of its less charitable critics‚ was "to know everything about something rather than the thing itself" (W. H. D. llouse‚ quoted In Kelly 1969: 53). Grammar Translation was in fact first known in the United States
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NOUNS Nouns * We call nouns naming-words. They are the names of people‚ animals‚ places and things. Each person‚ animal‚ place and thing has a name. E.g. – woman‚ baby‚ cow‚ dog‚ sea‚ beach‚ table‚ cupboard etc. Countable and Uncountable nouns * Nouns which can be counted are called countable nouns. We use a‚ an‚ a few‚ several‚ many‚ some‚ plenty of‚ a lot of‚ a large number of with countable nouns. E.g. – many birds‚ a few cars‚ a lot of flowers‚ a large number of books‚ some
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Louis lives at Paknam but works in Bangkok. 2. Pronoun A pronoun is a noun substitute. In other words‚ it is a word used instead of a noun for referring to a person or thing that has been mentioned earlier. Ex. You speak French very fluently. The teacher watched us playing basketball. He asked me to work with him. Susan likes this car. She bought it from Japan. 3. Verb A verb is a word or phrase that shows an action or a state of being. Ex.
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English Grammar Metodine mokymo priemone aukљtuju mokyklu studentams 2003 2 © Vilnius Pedagogical University‚ 2003 Leidinys svarstytas ir rekomenduotas spaudai Uћsienio kalbu fakulteto Anglu filologijos katedros posedyje 2003 03 12‚ protokolo Nr. 5 Leidinys svarstytas ir rekomenduotas spaudai Uћsienio kalbu fakulteto Tarybos posedyje 2003 03 13‚ protokolo Nr. 4 Recenzentai: doc. dr. Graћina Rosiniene‚ doc. dr. Daiva Verikaite. 3 Contents Preface Introductory Traditional Grammar Traditional
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English Grammar in Conversation Geoffrey Leech DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANCASTER UNIVERSITY‚ LANCASTER LA1 4YT‚ UK A thorough description of spoken English grammar is felt to be overdue. After all‚ spoken language has largely been neglected by grammatical tradition; the word grammar itself descends from the classical Greek word for writing. The grammarian ’s bias towards the written language remains strong today‚ and is reflected in such terminology as ’left
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Speak Up We live in a country where we have a freedom of speech‚ where our opinions matter‚ where we can speak up and our words could possibly change a lot of thingssomething. Everyone has opinions‚ ideas‚ things that could change many things in our or others liveslives or possibly others lives‚ but what stops people from speaking up? Many people have a hard time speaking up due to rejection ‚ and judgmentor judgment from others. People often feel that if they speak up or express an their opinions
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