How to teach the past perfect
How to teach the past perfect It is easier to teach the past perfect than to teach the present perfect. The past perfect is clearly situated in the past. This can even be represented...
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Grammar rules or grammar constructions
Construction grammar Construction Grammar refers to a study of language that views grammar not as a collection of rules that generates sentences (as in generative grammar) but as a continuum involving both syntax and...
Grammar Review Lesson Plan for Beginners
Grammar Review Lesson Plan This is a lesson plan designed to review the grammar points taught to beginners in previous lessons. It may be assigned to students at the end or at the beginning...
How to teach prepositions of place?
Lesson plan on how to teach prepositions of place Prepositions of place are function words that English language students cannot do without. These prepositions are not difficult to teach. This lesson plan starts with...
How to teach the passive voice?
Passive voice lesson plan In this lesson plan students will be able to use the passive voice appropriately and understand the changes that occur when transforming sentences from active voice to passive voice. The...
Question tags lesson plan
Question tags The aim of this lesson plan is to develop students’ understanding of the use of question tags. The activity includes: eliciting students awareness of the use of question tags, sentence matching and ...
How to teach future plans with going to?
Teaching future tense Expressing the future tense in English may pose a problems for learners because it can be expressed differently for different purposes. This is a short list of some future forms: Bread...
How to teach conditional sentence type 1
Of the four types, conditional sentence type one is the easiest one to teach. Students should be able to understand the following: There is an if-clause and a then-clause in conditional sentence. The then-clause should...
Twenty first century classrooms
What is 21st century-learning. What will be our priorities? How shall we deal with learning and teaching? Will the methods have to change? What about technology? 21st Century Classroom from ISU Workforce Training
Which is more important to teach, grammar or vocabulary?
Traditionally, grammar is taught first; it has primacy over vocabulary. Vocabulary items were just vehicles to explain grammatical structures. In other words this kind of teaching gives primacy to form and uses lexical items...
