Approaches to grammar teaching
A series of articles and lesson plans on different approaches to teaching English grammar.
New! Using the ‘discovery technique’ for teaching grammar by Adrian Tennant
What is the discovery technique?
Grammar can either be taught explicitly or implicitly. When we talk about an explicit approach to grammar we are talking about stating directly, usually at the beginning of a particular activity, what the grammar is. For example, “Today we are looking at the third conditional.” On the other hand an implicit approach to grammar is one where the students are ‘led’ to the grammar through a series of steps – this is what is meant by the ‘discovery technique’. In other words, the ‘discovery technique’ aims to lead students towards a generalised grammar rule or pattern.
Plus:
Task-based grammar teaching by Lindsay Clandfield.
Teaching grammar using texts by Tim Bowen.