Know your definition or at least have a good dictionary
handy so you can check.
Rule 2:
Remember to give your definition (as the dictionary does)
in the same part of speech as the word being defined.
Rule 3: Keep the definition as simple as possible while maintaining
all aspects essential to accuracy.
Rule 4: Discuss with examples to increase understanding and
application.
Rule 5: Take note of words with two or more meanings, but the
same spelling (homonyms) such as
chest ,
bulb .
Rule 6: Practise! And use the words in both oral and written
sentences.
Animating teaching strategies for all
learning styles
Often the mistake is made of assuming that what seems to be a
purely academic subject such as grammar can be taught only in
a dry unimaginative way. But this is far from true. Awareness of
the need for more active involvement in learning has come about
with the greater understanding of how the brain works, and the
accompanying recognition that people vary considerably in their
learning modes. In addition, the importance of teaching to the whole
brain through multisensory activities cannot be over-emphasised.
We know then that people learn in a variety of ways. Even
within one family we often see that what works with one child
may be useless for another. One may learn to read just by looking
at letters or matching words and pictures; a more auditory child
will absorb information principally by listening and repetition;
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