Teaching Grammar - Topic 1
The place of grammar in the primary ESL classroom
KSSR
Build proficiency in the language
KBSR
To equip students with English language both in speaking and writing.
fluency versus accuracy
Accuracy
focus on language
Fluency
practice what they already know
limit teacher-talk
impose no rules
let students be creative
keep students at own level of vocabulary and grammar
Grammar to young learners
Lesson should be:
Recap
use simple words
motivating and interesting
easy to understand
Young Learners
ego to ask question
pretend to understand
short term concentration on one thing
easily bored
learn through senses
love to be praised
Meaning and definition of grammar
A set of rules and examples dealing with the syntax and word structures (morphology) of a language.
A system of language
