Teaching Grammarin language classrooms

Teaching Grammarin language classrooms

Yoonjung Choi, MinJung Yoonjung Choi, MinJung Choi,Choi,JuYoung Jeon, Jahyun SonJuYoung Jeon, Jahyun Son

Contents1.What is grammaring?

2. Lesson plan

3. Micro-teaching

What is grammaring?

What is grammaring?

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“A set of rules for memorization?”“In most cases, students don't need to know about the language, they need to be able to use the language.” → Grammaring (coined by Diane Larsen-Freeman) 

**more than grammar- ongoing process in a particular context, not static knowledge- not about knowing language systems, but about knowing how to use language- the fifth skill to use grammar structures accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately **more than teaching- not only teaching rules- by helping students learn how to figure out their language choices in grammar

Lesson Plan Lesson Plan

• Student Level: Intermediate level (3rd graders at Elementary)

• Class Time: 40 minutes

• Focus: Grammaring

• Materials: Video clips, storybooks, PC connected internet, powerpoint slides, worksheets.

• Students will be able to : - understand the differences between the present tense and the past tense. - gain competence to use appropriate the simple past tense verb in a variety of situation. - communicate and describe what happened in the past by using the simple past tense.

• Topic: What did you do yesterday? (The Simple Past Tense)

Assumptions:

- Students already know how to make sentences and how the sentences are structured.

- Students are intermediate level.

- Students are already aware of some past tense verbs and uses.

• Teacher will show a video clip to introduce the topic.

• Teacher will ask students what they saw on the video clip to show the difference between the present tense and the simple past tense.

Warm –up

• T will show a short story to the students and highlights the simple past tense verbs.

• T hands out a worksheet to each student.

• Ss will choose words from the picture and create their own personalized stories.

• As a group, Ss will share stories and complete.

• T will give some correction or feedback.

Pre-Activity

• Ss will do the Omok activity as a group. • Teacher will encourage Ss to talk to one another about what they did yesterday and choose/use the simple past tense of verb.

• Teacher will monitor/find mistakes and correct them.

Post-Activity

1. Rewrite the story using the simple past tense verbs.

2. Draw a crazy bathroom based on your own story.

Homework

Micro - Teaching Micro - Teaching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2YBanMRBqY&feature=related

The story title is..

He gave cookies to the mommy hamster.

9 minutes

tillBedtime

He brushed his teeth.

7 minutes

tillBedtime

He wore his pajamas.

He read the story with hamster friends.

5 minutes

tillBedtime

3 minutes

tillBedtime

He took a bath.

He said, “Good night” to hamster friends.

2minutes

tillBedtime

His dad gave a good night kiss.

1minute

tillBedtime

Finally, he fell asleep.