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Teaching Grammar to Young Learners in a Real-World Context - Coggle Diagram
Teaching Grammar to Young Learners in a Real-World Context
Grammatical structures are the building blocks of language. It is important to know the grammatical structures of language like auxiliary verb and word order.
Approach to Teaching Grammar
Learning-centered grammar teaching
Meaning-focused input
Grammar is 'noticed'
Tips for Teaching Grammar to Young Learners
Contextualize the grammar
Use natural, real-world contexts
Use a variety of tasks
Practice the grammar using all four skills
Use games to reinforce target structures
Examples of Real-World Contexts for Kids
Authentic oral text types such as songs, chants, storytelling, plays or dialogues.
Authentic written text types such as stories, poems, emails, text messages or comic strips.
How to Plan the Lessons
Grammar based lesson
Lesson objective: To learn a grammar point
Present grammar point
Do grammar exercises
Practice grammar in context
Contextualized language lesson
Lesson objective: To use language communicatively
Present language in context
Practice language in context
Produce language in context
Steps in Lesson
Warm up
Prepare student for the lesson
Create interest and excitement about the topic
Prepare students for the new language input
Activate prior knowledge
Review known language (previous lesson)
Present
Introduce new language structures
Use visuals, realia, graphic organizers or song
Provide meaningful listening and reading input
Goal: To help students gain comprehension of new language
Practice
Students internalize what they are learning and develop proficiency
Guided practice with structures and support to help produce target language
Goal: To provide many opportunities to try out new language
Prepare for real communication
Apply
Use language in a personalized way
Use language in a realistic context
Connect language to students' lives
Encourage students to communicate with each other
Extend
Additional communicative activities for practice, application and enrichment
Stretches students' abilities to communicate in real-world situations
Wrap up
Conclude lesson with a final activity
Example: Lesson review, game or comprehension check
Students should leave class knowing they have learned something