9/24/2014

My VARK Learning Style & Language Awareness

Do you know your learning style? What do you think of the results of your VARK Learning Style & your Language Awareness?


9/02/2014

About the Course

@Who is the course for?

Welcome to take the course TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR!
This course is for students who are curious or confused or unconvinced about the teaching of grammar.
It is also for prospective and trainee teachers who would like to continue learning and exploring the English grammar for their future career.

@ What is the course about?
The course is to explore the teaching of English grammar: what it is about and how to do it. Assuming that students have good language competence of general English and are interested in the teaching and learning English, the semester course is designed to develop their own approach to the teaching of grammar and to prepare them working in the TESOL field. Thus, the course aims
 
*to provide an orientation and historical overview of the teaching of grammar;
*to explore the relationships among language forms, language learning and language teaching;
*to develop students' knowledge and understanding of English structures and usages;
*to introduce practical and effective principles and techniques for teaching grammar;
*to review the efficiency and appropriacy of any methodologies and approaches to teach English grammar.
Providing current theoretical approaches and practical exercises, the course will focus on the following topics: what grammar is and what it does, the roles of grammar in EFL/ESL Teaching; the differences between descriptive, prescriptive grammar, transformational and pedagogical grammar; the grammar of spoken and written language; teaching methods and error analysis in grammar teaching; the types of tests in language assessment; and the possible integration of grammar teaching into a communicative curriculum. In a collaborative learning environment, a number of activities, e-discussions, and teaching practicum will be reviewed in the course. (Please view the course syllabus for more information at http://www.ntcc.fju.edu.tw/yueh/TEG/index.html.)