An Organic Approach To The Teaching of Grammar
An Organic Approach To The Teaching of Grammar
An Organic Approach To The Teaching of Grammar
B. indefinit e past
PAST
NOW
FUTURE
hope t o t he st arving of Africa.
. . . . . . . . . .
2 .
. . . . . . . . . .
amazed by thesize of oneswarm.
4 .
5 .
Othercountries are waiting
until international meetings
have beenheld in two
months time.
Government cannot wait
until locust swarms have
eaten their crops.
Nowdraw timelines for sentences 2-5 similar to that for sentence
Complete the followingquestions .
1.
a.
a.
I f the word ends in ` o' or ` k ' , j ust add ` - ing' . But if it ends in
` e' , drop the ` e' and add ` - ing' .
2. Say the word out loud. I f you can' t hear the last letter,
throw it away and add ` - ing' .
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Encourage learners to explore relationships between grammar and
discourse
The final principle activates in the classroom the notion that
grammar and discourse are inextricably interlink ed . Classroom task s
which exploit this principle will help learners to explore the
functioning of grammar in context, and help them to deploy their
developing grammatical competence in the creation of coherent
discourse.
EXAMPLE:
Paragraphs are the "building block " of written texts . When we write a
paragraph, we have to turn individual ` bits' of information
` propositions' ) into coherent, continuous prose . We use
grammatical resources of the language to do this . Consider
following ` propositions' .
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