Karen Taylor presented a wonderful way to work with grammar in the classroom called Grammar Dictation. This is a great strategy because students are able to practise the four skills, i.e. listening, writing, reading, and speaking. We can make our students take notes, work in groups, look at the context, work with vocabulary and pronunciation, disscuss, negotiate meaning, etc. The teacher is a kind of mediator and the student is the focus of the activity. This is how it works.
- First, the teacher reads a text aloud.
- Each student creates a "battered" text.
- In groups, students reconstruct the text.
This activity is very useful because
- It integrates skills.
- Fosters language awareness.
- Prompts meaningful interaction.
Put it into practice and see the results! don't let your students miss the opportunity to learn grammar in a differnet way!
3 comments:
Thank you for participating so fully this week. I hope your time in New York will be very rewarding -- even if it isn't exactly what you planned. Sometimes life offers us so interesting surprises!
Please let me know how it goes.
Opps. . . .some interesting surprises.
Shirley: or "such interesting surprises"?
I am going to try Karen's method in my class too!
Keep blogging, Betty--this is just the beginning. I hope to see you in Webheads in Action very soon!
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