Teaching Grammar Communicatively

English as a Second Language (ESL)

This training module provides activities and materials for conducting a four-hour workshop on teaching grammar communicatively in the ESL classroom. The purpose of the module is to assist ESL instructors in developing teaching approaches that embed grammar instruction within contexts that are meaningful to their students. Workshop participants will explore general concepts of grammar instruction and will practice techniques of teaching grammar communicatively.

GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

Goal

The goal of this workshop is to assist ESL instructors in developing teaching approaches that embed grammar instruction within contexts that are meaningful to their students, that is, to teach grammar communicatively.

Objectives

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize the underlying goal and principles of teaching grammar communicatively.
2. Identify key steps in teaching grammar communicatively.
3. Identify the language and grammar students need to accomplish a lesson objective.
4. Identify materials in textbooks that can be used to teach grammar communicatively.
5. Develop presentation activities that teach grammar communicatively.
6. Develop controlled student-practice activities that teach grammar communicatively.