1. TEACHING GRAMMAR
Prof. Adjunto Regular: Estela N. BRAUN
Practice II, Special Didactics of ELT and Practicum at Primary School Level, 2013.
Foreign Languages Department, Humanities College, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
(UNLPam)

2. Introducing Grammar: Jeremy Harmer,
Chapter 13 (2001).
• PPP
• ESA
• HOW?
• Use pictures
• Guessing games: DISCOVERY LEARNING.
• Provide a context.
• Focus on pronunciation applied to gramar: can/can’t-
Simple present “s”-”es”-Simple Past endings.

3. DISCOVERING GRAMMAR
• From the context , derive the rules (e.g. comparatives
and superlatives)
• Use lots of visual aids, songs that have the particular
structure embedded in it.
• Dialogues

4. PRACTISING GRAMMAR
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Underline the new grammar elements in a text.(Simon’s surfboard story).PAST PERFECT
(PET level)
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Linked to a previous listening.
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Follow up: elicit the use of the 3rd conditional:
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A. If Simon had had a good night’s sleep………………………………..
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B. If he hadn’t fallen asleep on his surfboard……………………………
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C. If he had told his Friends…………………………………………………..
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D. If his Friends hadn’t called the sea rescue service…………………….
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What is the rule for the third conditional ? How do we form it? When do we use it?GAME.
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http://www.klett-langenscheidt.de/_downloads/lehrwerke/308/ELTP04_57_conditional.pdf

5. PRACTICE
• From CONTROLLED PRACTICE to SITUATIONS WHERE
THEY CAN PUT THE NEW STRUCTURE INTO USE:
• What would you have done if you had been in Simon’s place?
(debate)
• Show students GRAMMAR BOOKS for children and teens.
• When can we use them?
• VIDEO: Scott Thornbury:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp8QSGcS0QI&feature=r
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