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Teaching word order in a sentence?
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melocoton
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Teaching word order in a sentence?
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Hi there,
Can anyone recommend how to teach word
order? My student is Sri Lankan and her word order is just not there. She often
forgets to use verbs.
Any ideas/strategies that could help her?
Thanks |
8 Mar 2012
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ascincoquinas
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Hi Melocoton! Try these links here: Not sure if this is what you are looking for, anyway give it a try. Good luck! |
8 Mar 2012
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Jayho
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These articles deal with the methodology of teaching word order. Maybe you can get some ideas from these. I found them very useful when I too was stuck for ideas.
Cheers
Jayho
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8 Mar 2012
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douglas
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I find that it tends to help if I translate the sentence word-for-word into L1. I kind of laugh and do it jokingly, but it seems help them understand the concept of the structure. English can sound pretty funny when translated word-for-word into another language--we have some strange structures. |
8 Mar 2012
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joy2bill
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I cut sentences into individual words and ask the students to reconstruct them; easier said than done but the students enjoy it. Sometimes I hand out one word form a sentence to each student and they have to stand in the order to make the sentence correct. Also great fun! |
8 Mar 2012
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