Kinetic activities
Miming, acting skits and charades are
all useful activities for
reinforcing grammar concepts. They can be composed and
performed in groups or acted spontaneously. These are important
for kinetic learners and create memorable lessons.
Learning games
Much practice can be given by using containers from which
students pick cards or pieces of paper. These could be printed with
words or questions to be used and scored in numerous ways.
Wall charts/posters
These are always helpful and most effective when students make
them themselves or help to make them. For example:
a.
Singular
Object
Plural
Object
subject
subject
I
me
we
us
you
you
you
you
he/she/it
him/her/it
they
them
b.
Adjective
Noun
wise
wisdom
wide
width
hot
heat
c.
Few
(a number you can count)
Less
(some you can’t count)
eggs
rice
people
sand
slices
rain
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prActicAl suGGestions
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GrAMMAr for eVerYone
Handouts
Use handouts with discretion. Ask yourself whether they will
really have a learning outcome or are they just providing ‘busy’
work. They can be useful additions
to student information,
providing examples, summaries
and reference material, but for
maximum
learning, discussion activities and constructing their
own sentences and charts is important.
The end product of instruction should be greater knowledge
and increased skill. For example, in teaching about adjectives the
students need skill in using adjectives
effectively in their own
creative sentences. Circling words and filling in blanks provides
little opportunity for the development of the imagination or
improvement in writing expression –
which should be the end
product of successful teaching.