龙岩学院外国语学院省级精品课程英语教学法.ppt

the presentation of grammar is more complex and time consumption grammar is not taught directly some rules can not be induced easily 1. Mechanical practice Mechanical practice involves activities that are aimed at form accuracy. By doing mechanical practice, the students pay repeated attention to a key element in a structure. The form of practice: Substitution and transformation drills 2.Meaningful practice In meaningful practice the focus is on the production, comprehension or exchange of meaning though the students “keep an eye on” the way newly learned structures are used in the process 3.Using prompts for practice The prompts can be pictures, mimes, tables, charts or key words, etc. Using picture prompts. Using mimes or gestures as prompts Using key phrases or key words as prompts VI. Home work Write a mini teaching plan to teach present continuous tense The end of Unit Seven * Unit 7 Teaching Grammar By Xu Zhijian 龙岩学院外国语学院省级精品课程－《英语教学法》 Aims of this Unit I. The importance of grammar English grammar is the core of English language. Without grammar English language cannot be well constructed. There is naturally Chinese grammar in the minds of Chinese students, and its not easy to take in the grammar of a foreign language. If you cannot solve this difficulty, the foreign language you write, though it may be understandable, will be Chinese style English. II. The role of Grammar 1. How grammar is currently taught Task 1 Read the statements on page 61/103 about grammar in English learning and decide if you agree with them or not. The Assumptions about grammar in language learning Agree/ disagree 1 Students need to be given detailed grammar rules if they are to learn a foreign language successfully 2 Children do not need to learn grammar rules when they acquire their first languages, so they do not need them either when learning a foreign language. 3 If students get enough chance to practice using a foreign language, they do not need to learn grammar. 4