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jg574
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grammar young kids
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Hi people ! Today I need you help because I � d like to read about teaching grammar to young kids (7- 9 years old). I know that we shouldn �t teach grammar in a direct way but I need some techniques to do so. Please I �d really appreciate your help and suggestions. Thanks!
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7 Feb 2012
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madamev
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You may make them circle (for example!!) the verbs in red, underline the subjects in green, that kind of things. It �s very basic but important!
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7 Feb 2012
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ueslteacher
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That �s tough, as young kids don �t know and don �t understand grammar notions in their mother tongue let alone in foreign/second language. I �d go for chart-like drawings with funny characters with clear models and examples. Sophia
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7 Feb 2012
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alya als
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grammer is difficult. students should focus on the language so they would learn about the grammer as you speak |
7 Feb 2012
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lizsantiago
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Why not? i teach 8-10 yrs old and i teach them grammar and they get it very well. |
7 Feb 2012
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ueslteacher
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We all do, Liz:) The question is: do you use (with the youngest ones) grammar terms like: subject, predicate, adjective, adverb, degrees of comparison, infinitive and so on? Sophia |
7 Feb 2012
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moravc
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Please begin with grammar in CONTEXT - in simple sentences...
I would start with present simple + every day and present continuous + now and elicit the difference - Mark goes to school every Monday but now he is lying in bed. He is ill.
Comparatives - Cats are smaller than dogs. Wolves are hungrier than mice. Mice are quiter than monkeys. Monkeys are funnier than koalas...
or classroom objects - My ruler is longer than your ruler. This pen is nicer than that pen...
Use vocabulary your pupils know very well and try to make the sentences as simple/short as possible.
Easy stories might help.
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7 Feb 2012
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lizsantiago
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yes sophia i do because as in the US we have like national test and they have exercises that ask those terms. and let me tell you something i learned english by understanding grammar. when i started teaching that i understood my mistakes and my english improved so much that i had native speaker teachers at college that thought i was a native speaker too. |
8 Feb 2012
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ueslteacher
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I think that in the primary it should be
all about the use and not theory, but that �s my personal opinion. Just an example from personal experience: in our curriculum degrees of comparison of adjectives in English come before they are taught in Ukrainian, and for me, there �s no point in making my students memorize the terms the comparative degree, the superlative degree, etc., bc the kids just don �t retain that in the primary, but that doesn �t mean I don �t teach the rules about the syllables and the suffixes, and we practice them in structures. Sophia
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8 Feb 2012
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elisestaves
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Hiya,
If you are a fan of reading theory and methodology then I can recommend chapter 5: "Learning Grammar" of Lynne Cameron �s book-"Teaching Languages to Young Learners".
Take care.
Elise |
8 Feb 2012
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maggiejeria
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Sorry friends, but still not clear to me whether it is good or not teach grammar to students.
Maggie
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8 Feb 2012
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