grammar

Interesting ideas to teach clauses

Rangamani Ravi — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:05:19 +0000

Hi,
I really love this question and answer session as it gives me hoards of input to teach English to Indian kids who are not at all exposed to English.

Prepositions

admin — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Students frequently see prepositions as wholly illogical and isolated bits of information, what can you do to stop the feeling of hopelessness that this can induce: a) in the way you present or practice prepositions?

Practising questions

admin — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:41:27 +0000

Students usually get loads of practice in answering questions whereas forming questions in English is much more difficult. Does anyone have tips on how to practise ASKING questions in class?

Modals for likelihood

admin — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Could somebody help me with tips on how to teach and practise using modal verbs of likelihood?

Teaching tenses

admin — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0000

I am relatively a new entry into teaching English for corporate companies. I always have difficulty in introducing and teaching tenses.

Teaching articles

admin — Fri, 21 May 2004 12:00:00 +0000

"Is there an effective way of teaching when to use the definite article "the" and when the indefinite article "a" and when not to use any articles at all in front of nouns?"

Past Perfect

admin — Fri, 21 May 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Hi! I have been teaching English for 1 year and I have some problems teaching the past perfect. I would like to receive some ideas. Thanks a lot!

Teaching grammar

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:00:00 +0000

We have two questions this week on the topic of grammar teaching. Grammar is an essential part of the language learning process but opinions vary on the best way of teaching it.

Third conditional

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:00:00 +0000

"I'm a teacher of English. I'd be grateful if you could help me on the best way to teach conditional sentences type 3 to pupils."

Sentence structure

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:00:00 +0000

I need advice on how to teach sentence structure. Please can anyone help? I have found good sources on individual sections of grammar but not a clear, easy and effective way on how to string the constituent parts together.