A Black male teacher with a White female primary-aged learner in a classroom. The learner is writing something on a board in the classroom.

TeachingEnglish: How to teach grammar

Enrolment for How to teach grammar is closed. Sign up for our newsletter, and we'll keep you updated when enrolment will open next. In the meantime, if you’re interested in learning more about How to teach grammar, you can view helpful resources here.

How will the course help you?

By the end of How to teach grammar, you'll be able to:

  • identify and evaluate different approaches to grammar teaching
  • adapt and design activities for developing noticing skills
  • plan personalised and inductive grammar activities.

What resources can you access any time?

  • A free workbook with extra learning content and resources connected to the course contents
  • A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative teaching ideas for you to try out (Facebook account required)
  • Learning content related to our courses on Facebook and YouTube
  • Live events and recordings with course tutors and language teaching experts on Facebook and YouTube
  • Sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open

What are the self-study modules?

Module 1 – Methods and approaches for grammar

The aim of this module is to introduce you to a range of ELT approaches for teaching grammar. You'll begin with a brief history of approaches and a look at deductive and inductive approaches to learning. You will summarise ELT approaches, outline their benefits and drawbacks as well as identify and explain inductive and deductive approaches to presenting grammar.

Module 2 – Engaging with grammar – noticing and restructuring

The aim of this module is to explore the concept of noticing and look at various activities to encourage your learners to notice grammatical forms. You will identify what's involved in noticing, modify typical coursebook grammar exercises to provide practice in developing noticing skills as well as design restructuring activities.

Module 3 – Engaging with grammar – different approaches

The aim of this module is to look at a range of techniques for introducing grammar that focus on meaning. You will summarise and evaluate a range of activities for introducing grammar, provide personalised grammar practice for your learners as well as plan the presentation stage of a grammar lesson using an inductive approach.

Course reviews

What have other teachers said about how How to teach grammar helped them?

"One example of how I applied the knowledge and skills is by shifting from isolated grammar drills to using grammar in meaningful contexts. for instance, I recently taught the past tense (simple past) by having students write personal narratives about their weekend. instead of focusing only on rules, I guided them to identify and correct tense usage within their own writing. well, this made the grammar more relevant and helped students understand how it functions in real communication."

Course participant, Indonesia

"Now I am trying to teach grammar more inductively in my classes. I am avoiding explanations and giving my students more correct examples so they can discover the rules by themselves."

Course participant, Dominican Republic

"After taking this course, I started using more interactive methods to teach grammar. For example, instead of just explaining the rules of tenses, I now use real-life situations, role-plays, and sentence-building games. This has helped my students understand and apply grammar concepts more effectively and confidently in their speaking and writing."

Course participant, India

Do you have more questions?

Please see our FAQs or access further support through our Help button.

Log in or register to post comments

How can I register for the course 'how to teach grammar'? I ended up in my account while trying to register for the course.

Profile picture for user Paul Braddock

Hi Ishka

I can see from your account that you are enrolled on this course. If you are having problems, please log out of your account and then log back in. When you click or tap on My Portfolio, you should now be taken to our our training platform. 

Thanks

Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Good afternoon. I created the account and now I'm interested in enrolling in the course on l: how to teach grammar.

Thanks in advance
Iliana

Hi,

Follow the instructions at the top of the page and you should be able to see the course from 30th August under My Portfolio. You won't be able to start it before so check on that day and get back in touch if you have any problems then :).

Anne

So excited to get the course

I created the account .I’m interested i this course. Thanks Luz Esmeralda

I have created ăn Account and beeb ready to study

Hi Anh Chung le,

That's great that you have an account now - can you see the menu 'My Portfolio'? Click there and you will get 'My Courses'. Click there and you should go to the course site and be able to start the course.  Hope you enjoy doing it and meeting other participants on the facebook community page. 

Anne 
TeachingEnglish

Could you help me please? I can't see My Portfolio Tab after re-log in to website.

Hi Wai Zin Oo,

If that happens, make sure you are logged out of TeachingEnglish in any other devices, then log back in on the one you want to use, that usually solves it. If not, clear cache and try again, and let us know if not.

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Hello, I can't find the portfolio tab until now. Could you give ma hand, please?

Hi Wai Zin Oo,

I checked your account and I can see the portfolio option. Make sure you are logged out of the TeachingEnglish page on all other devices and log back into the one you want to use. If that doesn't work, try clearing cache, that usually works,

Hope you see it soon!

Anne

I am afraid i have done that and still can't see my portfolio as well.

Is it a must that our device must be up to date one? I have an old brand of galaxy samsung mobile.

Hi Hisham77,

I am sorry that those instructions haven't worked for you. Can you see 'My Portfolio - My courses' right down at the bottom of the teaching English page ( it's another way in). Hope you can get in soon, 

Anne

Hi Anne,

I am sorry again it never works. I should perhaps access the page from a laptop or another device. I will inform you about any success. Thanks for your time.

Hi again Hisham77,

Sorry you haven't got into the course yet, and as you say, maybe try with another device - fingers crossed!  Usually the log out, log back in, and if that fails, clear cache works, but let's hope you can join the course soon on another device. let me know!

Anne

Hi Anne,

Thanks a lot and as I said I could finally see the portfolio and my courses. I have enrolled as well in the course. I hope that all of my colleages here would solve their problems as well.

Hi and glad that you can join the other participants! Hope you enjoy the course Hisham :)

Anne

Even though I logged in to my account, I didn't see my portfolio section and also enroll function for the course. Am I something wrong? Could you please explain me how can I enroll for the course and how can I access the course?

Hi Nyein,

Try logging out of any device that you are logged into the Teaching English page, then logging in again on the one you'll use. If you don't see My portfolio, you may have to clear cache. if that doesn't work, Try signing up again in the button on the first page (under the picture of the teacher). One way or another you should be able to get in! Hope you enjoy the course!

Anne

Why I cannot have courses in my course.

Hi,

Once you are logged into the site you can see the available courses through the link in Step 2 below, you can choose to enrol in the courses which are available and interest you. Hope you find a course you want to do!

Anne

TeachingEnglish team

I want to be a good speaker kindly please guide

Hi Irfan,

Thanks for your interest in the British Council. This website is for teachers who want to develop their professional practice. If you are interested in improving your level of English, please visit our website for English learners https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ where you will find lots of free resources and information about courses.

Philippa

TeachingEnglish team

I want to enroll

Profile picture for user Paul Braddock

Hi Osama

Please follow the instructions on the page to enrol on the course. Please also check the 'troubleshooting' section if you are having problems.

Thanks

Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

I logged in but i did not find any sessions.

Hi Aya,

I can see the Grammar course associated with your profile, so maybe it's a problem with being 'timed out' - try logging out and back in again - can y see the menu My Portfolio, then inside that drop down menu 'My courses'? That should take you to the start of the 'How to teach grammar course'. Look forward to seeing you there!

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

How can I enroll?

HI,

Scroll up the page and follow the instructions to enrol. Hope you enjoy the course!

Anne

1. I am not sure if I have successfully registered.
2. what's the schedule?
3.Do I need to preview some materials in advance.

Hi Leilei,

I can see the course on your account, so you should be able to start it from tomorrow. the course is self-access content with support from live sessions and a facebook community. You can do the self-access when it suits you each week. You don't need to do anything in advance :). Hope you enjoy the course!

Anne

Hello. I found my portfolio but no link as to where to start the course. What do I do? Thank you

Greetings,

I am interested in how to teach grammar

Hello good evening sir i want to learn grammar i need help sir

Hi umeer,

This page is giving information about a new course we're running for Teachers of English on 'How to teach grammar'.  The instructions to join for teachers of English are at the top of this page.  If you are a learner and want to learn more English grammar you will find our 'Learn English' site helpful. It has a section on grammar. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/Good luck with your learning!

Anne

TeachingEnglish

Am I enrolled?

Hi Hanoudi,

Your account looks fine to me, can you see the 'My Portfolio' option in the menu above the picture of the young teacher?  This is where you will see the course from the 30th August. Hope you enjoy doing the course!

Anne

TeachingEnglish team

Hi, can you help me, I can register to this course, I am here for an hour and I can't do it

Hi Alinionoc,

Have you followed the steps in the instructions at the top of the page? if so, can you see the menu 'My Portfolio'?  The course will be visibel there from the start date 30th August (not before :)).  Hope you enjoy it if you are already at that step. If not tell us which step doen't work for you.

Scroll up for these active links: 

How do I sign up for the course?

Anne

I would like to explore the teaching techniques.

Same. Kindly, help.

Hi,

Followed the steps in the instructions at the top of the page. Can you see the menu 'My Portfolio'?  The course will be visible there.  Hope you enjoy it if you are already at that step. If not tell us which step doesn't work for you.

Scroll up for these active links: 

How do I sign up for the course?

Anne

I'm looking forward to the free Grammar course.

I will try to get the skills for teaching Grammar

how can I check my submission ?

Hi,

I am not sure what you want to check - let me know and I'll tell you :).  Do you mean your comment? We have to approve comments for them to be visible. 

Anne

I can't find enroll button.How can I enroll the course

Hi Nigar,

Scroll to the top of the page to get all the help you'll need to start the course. The information about joining it below, and there is a lot more helpful information to 'troubleshoot' starting the course. You can't start until the advertised start date. Hope you enjoy it!

Anne

How do I sign up for the course?

I can't see the enrollment link.