If the teacher uses techniques that direct the learner’s attention to form, and if the teacher provides activities that promote awareness of grammar, learning seems to result. The arguments for a focus on form and for consciousness-raising comprise together the paying-attention-to-form argument. That is to say, learning seems to be enhanced when the learner’s [...]]]>

If the teacher uses techniques that direct the learner’s attention to form, and if the teacher provides activities that promote awareness of grammar, learning seems to result. The arguments for a focus on form and for consciousness-raising comprise together the paying-attention-to-form argument. That is to say, learning seems to be enhanced when the learner’s attention is directed to getting the forms right, and when the learner’s attention is directed to features of the grammatical system. Lecturați gratuit Teaching Grammar to Elementary School Students – Monograph, autor Mariuta Carmen Chiritescu Lucrarea poate fi citită online doar în Librăria Scriitorilor (www.librariascriitorilor.ro). ISBN 978-606-30-5215-6

The grammar of a language is what happens to words when they become plural or negative, or what order is used when we make questions or join two clauses to make one sentence. (Harmer, J., Teaching and Learning Grammar, Longman, 1999, p. 1). Grammar does not only affect how units of language are combined [...]]]>

The grammar of a language is what happens to words when they become plural or negative, or what order is used when we make questions or join two clauses to make one sentence. (Harmer, J., Teaching and Learning Grammar, Longman, 1999, p. 1). Grammar does not only affect how units of language are combined in order to look right; it also affects their meaning. The teaching of grammatical meaning tends, unfortunately, to be neglected in many textbooks in favour of an emphasis on accuracy of form; but it is no good knowing how to perceive or construct a new tense of a verb if you do not know exactly what difference it makes to meaning when it is used. It is very often the meanings of the structures which create the difficulties for foreign learners. (Ur, P., A Course in Language Teaching, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. 76) Lecturați gratuit Approaches to English Language Teaching and Learning – Monograph, autor Mariuta Carmen Chiritescu Lucrarea poate fi citită online doar în Librăria Scriitorilor (www.librariascriitorilor.ro). ISBN 978-606-30-5209-5