Tips for Teaching - Grammar

Suggestions from ESLgold:

Low Beginnning

Focus on basic sentence structure, word order and verb tenses

Types of Materials: Texts which offer simplified structure, explanation and vocabulary

Focus on simple sentence combination and subordination, noun phrases and articles

Types of Materials: Texts which offer expanded instruction in basic structures and tenses

Focus on complex verb phrases, embeddings, clauses and hypotheticals

Types of Materials: Texts which explain complex sentence structure and word usage

Focus on collocations and complex phrasing such as absolutes and subjunctives

Types of Materials: Texts which provide examples of complex phrasing and structures

Focus on writing style, register, appropriateness and recognition of non-native structures

Types of Materials: Texts which provide examples of complex and refined prose