Better Grammar Better Writing SUCCESS TO ENGLISH Better Grammar Better Writing

Myths about English Grammar Not necessary Fluency is more important than accuracy. Language is for Communication. Native speakers have never learned grammar. I know nothing about Chinese grammar, but I have no problem reading, writing, listening, and speaking Chinese.

Myths about English Grammar It is hard No one can be perfect in English grammar, even the native speakers.

Grammar? Why do we need to learn English grammar? What grammar points do we need to learn? How do we learn it?

Why? Language tests Reading Writing Listening Speaking

Language Tests GEPT CSEPT IELTS TOEIC TOFEL Job tests

Reading Find the main idea of a sentence Example: 1. The book which is on the table is mine. 2. Though he loves doughnuts, he has given them up for his diet.

Reading Analyze complicated and long sentences Example: At the end of my trip last November, I toured the grounds of Nanzenji, a Buddhist complex that sprawls through the wooded slopes to the east of the city, and watched red and gold leaves fall upon a rock garden, where they were swept up by monks.

Reading At the end of my trip last November, I toured the grounds of Nanzenji, a Buddhist complex that sprawls through the wooded slopes to the east of the city, and watched red and gold leaves fall upon a rock garden, where they were swept up by monks.

Speaking and Writing Speaking in ungrammatical sentences Not well-educated Foreigners: low English levels Example: Tarzan said, “I Tarzan, you Jane.”

Speaking and Writing Wrong word forms and punctuations Example of errors: A heath body is very important., because we must do everything with health body. Even money can not buy health body. Since it’s so important, how can we important health body. x healthy healthy healthy improve healthy ?

Writing Singular and plural nouns Tenses Prepositions Girls come into the house. A girl comes into the house. Tenses A girl came into the house. Prepositions A bird flew on the sky. A bird flew in the sky.

What to Learn Five simple English sentence patterns Parts of speech Tenses Complex sentences Clauses Adjective Noun Adverb

Five Basic Sentence Patterns Subject + V. Intransitive. Subject + V. Linking + Subjective Complement Subject + V. Transitive + Direct Object Subject + V. Transitive + Indirect Object + Direct Object Subject + V. Transitive + Object + Objective Complement

Parts of Speech ARTICLES: a, an, and the NOUN: the name of anything As: school or garden, toy, or swing

Parts of Speech ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun As: great, small, pretty, white, or brown VERBS tell of something being done As: to read, write, count, sing, jump, or run

Parts of Speech ADVERBS: How things are done As: slowly, quickly, badly, well CONJUNCTIONS: join the words together As: men and women, wind or weather  

Parts of Speech PREPOSITION: before a noun As: in or through a door. INTERJECTION: show surprise As: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise! .

How to Learn Grammar Systematic learning One grammar point at a time As a review

How to learn Learning materials A good grammar book: With clear explanations Grammar websites http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_adverbclauses.htm Exercises http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/partspee.htm http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html Do exercises

Conclusion Grammar is the basis of English learning Don’t leave home without it