1. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Higher Education King Abdul Aziz University Women's College of Education Literary Sections - Jeddah English Department Third Year Section : B By ; Asmaa Dhafer Al-shihri By ; Asmaa Dhafer Al-shihri

2. Introduction Teaching grammar may be the thing that scares native speakers the most. Most people have an in-depth understanding of the grammar of their own language. You may get mainly conversation classes and feel that youve licked out, but teaching grammar doesnt have to be horrible for you or for your students. Teaching grammar may be the thing that scares native speakers the most. Most people have an in-depth understanding of the grammar of their own language. You may get mainly conversation classes and feel that youve licked out, but teaching grammar doesnt have to be horrible for you or for your students.

3. Four Tips for Teaching Grammar

4. The First tip : First of all, keep your expectations realistic. You will not have the time or resources to teach your students everything there is to know about tenses or word order or relative clauses, and you were almost certainly not hired to do so. First of all, keep your expectations realistic. You will not have the time or resources to teach your students everything there is to know about tenses or word order or relative clauses, and you were almost certainly not hired to do so.

5. The Second Tip : There are people who are walking dictionaries of grammar rules; most schools wouldnt want to hire them and even if they did, most students wouldnt want to be in their classes. Teach them what they need to know in order to do the practice exercises in the book or in the test. Dont feel you need to finalize everything in your two-hour class. There are people who are walking dictionaries of grammar rules; most schools wouldnt want to hire them and even if they did, most students wouldnt want to be in their classes. Teach them what they need to know in order to do the practice exercises in the book or in the test. Dont feel you need to finalize everything in your two-hour class.

6. The Third Tip : Make sure you prepare so that you yourself understand the grammar point at hand. Check a reference book or ask other teachers. Make sure you prepare so that you yourself understand the grammar point at hand. Check a reference book or ask other teachers. If there are practice exercises, do them yourself and THEN check the answers. This will help you avoid embarrassing yourself with a wrong answer….it happens. If there are practice exercises, do them yourself and THEN check the answers. This will help you avoid embarrassing yourself with a wrong answer….it happens.

7. The Fourth Tip : Avoid getting into detailed explanations and try to get your students practicing and speaking as soon as possible. Avoid getting into detailed explanations and try to get your students practicing and speaking as soon as possible. When you dont know the answer, its okay to say you need to check on it and get back to the students. When you dont know the answer, its okay to say you need to check on it and get back to the students.

8. Low Beginning Focus on basic sentence structure, word order and verb tenses. Types of materials: Texts which offer simplified structure, explanations and vocabulary. Focus on basic sentence structure, word order and verb tenses. Types of materials: Texts which offer simplified structure, explanations and vocabulary.

9. High Beginning Focus on simple sentence combination and subordination, noun phrases and articles. Types of materials: Texts which offer expanded instruction in basic structures and tenses Focus on simple sentence combination and subordination, noun phrases and articles. Types of materials: Texts which offer expanded instruction in basic structures and tenses

10. Low Intermediate Focus on complex verb phrases, embeddings, clauses and hypothetical. Types of materials: Texts which explain complex sentence structure and word usage Focus on complex verb phrases, embeddings, clauses and hypothetical. Types of materials: Texts which explain complex sentence structure and word usage

11. High Intermediate Focus on collocations and complex phrasing such as absolutes and subjunctives. Types of materials: Texts which provide examples of complex phrasing and structures Focus on collocations and complex phrasing such as absolutes and subjunctives. Types of materials: Texts which provide examples of complex phrasing and structures

12. Advanced Focus on writing style, register, appropriateness and recognition of non- native structures Types of materials: Texts which provide examples of complex and refined prose. Focus on writing style, register, appropriateness and recognition of non- native structures Types of materials: Texts which provide examples of complex and refined prose.

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