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 * __ Teaching Techniques __ **


 * 19) ** Use examples that match the target Grammar point.

That means, you have to give to the students the simplest examples as possible. Ex: If you are teaching the present tense of the verb TO BE, use examples like these:

AM IS ARE I am a student. He is a doctor. The books are green. They are happy.
 * RIGHT **

I am __an__ excellent student (*1)
 * WRONG **

He is a __great doctor__ (*2) The books__, that are on the table __, are green. (*3) If they are happy, they __ will __ go to the __ beach __ with __ us __. (*4)

(*1) - Introduce the matter of “an” or “a” may confuse the students (*2) - it can be more difficult for them to know the right place of the adjective (*3) - Add an adjective clause in the sentence may difficult their understanding (*4) - Use different tenses in the same sentence, and new vocabulary may confuse them too.

→You shouldn’t include in your examples any other grammar point besides the one you are teaching, because it can confuse the students, they might miss the point and mix everything. So they end up finding hard to learn something that is really very simple.

** 20) ** Teaching mnemonic devices to help ELL’s remember grammar

→ Mnemonic technique, is a tool that you use to help memorizing something! It can be anything: a word, a phrase, a gesture, or even a little dance! It is very personal!

The book “Keys to Teaching Grammar to ELL’s” teaches a mnemonic technique to help with active and passive voice. The passive voice will always have one more verb part than the active voice. For example:

Active – People write (1) Arabic from right to left. Passive – Arabic is written (2) from right to left.

Active – The Vice President will lead(2) the meeting. Passive – The meeting will be led(3) by the Vice President.