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English Grammar for Teachers

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4.5

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Course Features

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Duration

6 weeks

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Lifetime Access

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Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Intermediate

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Effort

2 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

New national curriculum demands that school teachers teach English grammar starting in primary school. This course will help you to understand the basics of teaching English grammar. It will also make it a rewarding and creative part of your English classroom teaching. This course will help you explore creative ways to teach grammar to students in primary, secondary and higher education. The course starts with an overview of the new terminology in the national curriculum. You will learn more about grammar and its purpose within the national curriculum. Then you will examine the underlying linguistic approach to English grammar. This will help you improve your confidence when using grammatical concepts.

You'll learn more about current grammar functions and forms as the course progresses. The course will cover the basics of teaching English grammar. You'll also learn how to embed grammar in your lessons so that it becomes a fun and useful activity for your students rather than just a tedious task. Englicious is an online resource that provides original English grammar and teaching resources. You can access lesson plans, exercises and assessment materials to use in your classroom. This course will teach you how to use the Englicious.org English grammar resources effectively and how to navigate them. You can preview some of the course steps here before you sign up.

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Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Explain basic grammatical terminology to young learners at the appropriate Key Stages

Identify sentence components, such as word classes, phrases and clauses

Identify grammatical form and function labels

Describe and explain nuanced differences between grammatical patterns in terms of structure and meaning

Explore the Englicious website, and incorporate its activities into your teaching practice

Explain how different grammatical constructions create different effects for readers in age-appropriate texts

Target Students

This course is designed for primary, secondary and further education teachers in the UK

It's also suitable for trainee teachers, NQTs, Heads of Department and teaching staff of all subjects

Potential interest to EFL-ESOL English teachers globally

Course Instructors

Bas Aarts

Instructor

I'm a Professor of English Linguistics at UCL with a passion for English grammar.

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