Формирование грамматических навыков на начальном этапе обучения иностранному языку

Contents I. Introduction II. Theoretical part III. Practical part IV. Conclusion V. Appendix VI. Appendix VII. Introduction. Language is the chief means by which the human personality expresses itself and fulfills its basic need for social interaction with other persons. The aim of the foreign language is primary schools is to develop pupils skills and understanding

English speech and participating in conversation based on the topics covered. Robert Lado wrote that language functions owing to the language skills. A person who knows a language perfectly uses a thousand and one grammar lexical, phonetic rules when he is speaking. Language skills help us to choose different words and models in our speech. In my diploma paper I examine the forming of grammar skills.

Grammar is known to be an important component of the language as a system. Communicative skills without regular using grammar are limited. It is clear that the term grammar has meant various things at various times and sometimes several things at one time. This plurality of meaning is characteristic of the present time and is the source of confusions in the discussion of grammar as part of the education of children.

There have been taking place violent disputes on the subject of teaching grammar at school. The ability to talk about the grammar of a language, to recite its rules, is also very different from ability to speak and understand a language or to read and write it. Those who can use a language are often unable to recite its rules, and those who can recite its rules can be unable to use it. Nowadays we can hear the following opinions among teachers of foreign language

One teacher says, I do not favor teaching any grammar before the fifth grade, and not much then, another is likely to reply, But if you do not, how will your students learn to capitalize correctly, to punctuate sentences, or to spell accurately? Another teacher remarks, If you teach no grammar, how can you expect to have correct usage in speech and writing? In the elementary grades the major emphasis will be upon the actual use, rather than upon knowledge

of the language itself and attention to restrictive rules. Grammar of the analytical and structural sort will have little place or no place in the elementary grades, but the oral and written conventions of English, those which function in actual speaking and writing, will be of chief concern. Grammar organizes the vocabulary and as a result we have sense units. There is a system of stereotypes, which organizes words into sentences.

But what skill does grammar develop? First of all it gives the ability to make up sentences correctly, to reproduce the text adequately. the development of practical skills and habits - The knowledge of the specific grammar structure helps pupils point out the differences between the mother tongue and the target language The knowledge of grammar develops abilities to abstract systematize plural facts. Examining the problem of grammar skills we must acquire how they are defined in literature.

We must differentiate their kinds, features, and the conditions under which they are formed, the steps of forming grammar skills, and the grammar minimum for the primary school. Learning grammar and forming grammar skills are important tasks of the subject Foreign language at the primary school. It is necessary for children not to make grammar mistakes. Roberto Lado wrote that a mistake is the wrong skill the aim of my diploma paper is to prevent children

from making grammar mistakes, i.e. to form grammar skills. I think that the best way to form grammar skills is to use a lot of training exercises and individual approach in teaching grammar. The Importance of Grammar in Learning a Foreign Language. To judge by the way some people speak, there is no place for grammar in the language course nowadays yet it is, in reality, as important as it ever was exercise of correct

grammar, if he is to attain any skill of effective use of the language, but he need not know consciously formulated rules to account to him for that he does unconsciously correctly. In order to understand a language and to express oneself correctly one must assimilate the grammar mechanism of the language studied. Indeed, one may know all the words in a sentence and yet fail to understand it, if one does not see the relation between the words in the given sentence.

And vice versa, a sentence may contain one, two, and more in known words but if one has a good knowledge of the structure of the language one can easily guess the meaning of these words or at least find them in a dictionary. No speaking is possible without the knowledge of grammar, without the forming of a grammar mechanism. If learner has acquired such a mechanism, he can produce correct sentences in a foreign language. Paul Roberts writes Grammar is something that produces the sentences of a language.

By something we mean a speaker of English. If you speak English natively, you have built into you rules of English grammar. In a sense, you are an English grammar. You possess, as an essential part of your being, a very complicated apparatus which enables you to produce infinitely many sentences, all English ones, including many that you have never specifically

learned. Furthermore by applying you rule you can easily tell whether a sentence that you hear a grammatical English sentence or not. 1 A command of English as is envisaged by the school syllabus cannot be ensured without the study of grammar . Pupils need grammar to be able to aud, speak, read, and write in the target language. A Brief Review Of The Major Methods Of Foreign Language Teaching. The grammatical systems of

Russian and English are fundamentally different. English is an analytical language, in which grammatical meaning in largely expressed through the use of additional words and by changes in word order. Russian is a synthetic language, in which the majority of grammatical forms are created through changes in the structure of words, by means of a developed system of prefixes, suffixes and ending. p. 121, Brown C. and Jule Teaching the spoken language ,

Cambridge, 1983 No one knows exactly how people learn languages although a great deal of research has been done into the subject. Many methods have been proposed for the teaching of foreign language. And they have met with varying degrees of success and failure. We should know that the method by which children are taught must have some effect on their motivation. If they find it deadly boring they will probably become de-motivated, whereas if they have confidence

in the method they will find it motivating. Child learners differ from adult learners in many ways. Children are curious, their attention is of a shorter duration, they are quite differently motivated in, their interests are less specialized. They need frequent of activity they need activities which are exciting and stimulating their curiosity they need to be involved in something active. We shall examine such methods as The Grammar - Translation

Method , The Direct Method , The Audio-lingual Method . And we pay attention to the teaching grammar of the foreign language. We shall comment those methods, which have had a long history. The Grammar Translation method will be discussed. This method was widely used in teaching the classics, namely

Latin, and it was transferred to the teaching of modern languages when they were introduced into schools We list the major characteristics of Grammar Translation. The grammar-translation method is largely discredited today. With greater interest in modern languages for communication the inadequacy of grammar-translation methods became evident. The Direct Method. The Direct Method appeared as a reaction against the grammar-translation

method. There was a movement in Europe that emphasized language learning by direct contact with the foreign language in meaningful situations. This movement resulted in various individual methods with various names, such as new method, natural method, and even oral method, but they can all be referred to as direct methods or the direct method. In addition to emphasizing direct contact with the foreign language, the direct method usually deemphasized or eliminated translation and the memorization of conjugations,

declensions, and rules, and in some cases it introduced phonetics and phonetic transcription. The direct method assumed that learning a foreign language is the same as learning the mother tongue, that is, that exposing the student directly to the foreign language impresses it perfectly upon his mind. This is true only up to a point, since the psychology of learning a second language differs from that of learning the first. The child is forced to learn the first language because he has no other

effective way to express his wants. In learning a second language this compulsion is largely missing, since the student knows that he can communicate through his native language when necessary. The basic premise of Direct Method was that second language learning should be more like first language learning lots of active oral interaction, spontaneous use of the language, no translation between first and second languages, and little or no analysis of grammatical rules.

We can summarize the principles of the Direct Method The Direct Method enjoyed considerable popularity through the end of nineteenth century and well into this one. Now we shall discuss The Audiolingual Method . The Audiolingual Method It is also called Mimicry-memorization method was the method developed in the Intensive Language Program. It was successful because of high motivation, intensive practice, small

classes, and good models, in addition to linguistically sophisticated descriptions of the foreign language and its grammar. Grammar is taught essentially as follows Some basic sentences are memorized by imitation. Their meaning is given in normal expressions in the native language, and the students are not expected to translate word for word. When the basic sentences have been overlearned completely memorized so that the student can rattle

them off without effort , the student reads fairly extensive descriptive grammar statements in his native language, with examples in the target language and native language equivalents. He then listens to further conversational sentences for practice in listening . Finally, practices the dialogues using the basic sentences and combinations of their parts. When he can, he varies the dialogues within the material hr has already learned.

The characteristics of ALM may be summed up in the following list Grammar explanations as used in the major methods. We shall briefly review the treatment of grammatical explanations by some of the major methods. This is not meant to be an exhaustive study of all available methods rather it is an attempt to show the variety of ways in which different methods deal with grammar explanations and may help teachers

in evaluating available materials. 1. Grammar translation is associated with formal rule statement. Learning proceeds, deductively, and the rule is generally stated by the teacher, in a textbook, or both. Traditional abstract grammatical terminology is used. Drills include translation into native language. 2. The direct method is characterized by meaningful practice and exclusion of the mother tongue.

This method has had many interpretations, some of which include an analysis of structure, but generally without the use of abstract grammatical terminology. 3. The audio-lingual method stresses an inductive presentation with extensive pattern practice. Writing is discouraged in the early stages of learning a structure. Here again, there has bee considerable variation in the realization of this approach.

In some cases, no grammatical explanation of any kind is offered. In other, the teacher might focus on a particular structure by isolating an example on the board, or through contrast. When grammatical explanation is offered it is usually done at the end of the lesson as a summary of behavior Politzer, 1965 , or in later versions of this method the rule might be stated in the middle of the lesson and followed by additional drills.

Conscious grammar explanation Isolation of rule of structure Deductive or Inductive presentation The explainer Language type used for explanation Oral or written explanation Grammar-translation Yes Yes Deductive Book and or teacher Abstract Written Direct method Yes or no Yes Inductive if at all Teacher when done

Non-abstract Oral-written Audio-lingual Yes or no Yes Inductive Teacher Example or non-abstract Oral-written Each method is realized in techniques. By a technique we mean an individual way in doing something, in gaining a certain goal in teaching learning process. The method and techniques the teacher should use in teaching children of the primary school is the

direct method, and various techniques which can develop pupils listening comprehension and speaking. Pupils are given various exercises, connected with the situational use of words and sentence patterns. Introduction. Language is the chief means by which the human personality expresses itself and fulfills its basic need for social interaction with other persons. The aim of the foreign language is primary schools is to develop pupils skills and understanding

in evaluating available materials. 4. Grammar translation is associated with formal rule statement. Learning proceeds, deductively, and the rule is generally stated by the teacher, in a textbook, or both. Traditional abstract grammatical terminology is used. Drills include translation into native language. 5. The direct method is characterized by meaningful practice and exclusion of the mother tongue.

This method has had many interpretations, some of which include an analysis of structure, but generally without the use of abstract grammatical terminology. 6. The audio-lingual method stresses an inductive presentation with extensive pattern practice. Writing is discouraged in the early stages of learning a structure. Here again, there has bee considerable variation in the realization of this approach.

direct method, and various techniques which can develop pupils listening comprehension and speaking. Pupils are given various exercises, connected with the situational use of words and sentence patterns. Teaching grammar patterns. Well examine Teaching Grammatical Patterns by Robert Lado Chapter 10 From Sentences to Patterns Robert Lado thinks that even children who have never studied the rules grammar make use of

the grammar of the language. This is seen in the mistakes they make. When a child says, He goed, he is forming a regular preterite on the pattern showed, weighed, served goed. His error reveals the fact that he has been applying the pattern even though he is not able to describe it. Patterns and Sentences A grammatical pattern is an arrangement of parts having linguistic significance beyond the sum of its parts. The parts of a pattern are expressed by words or classes of

words so that different sentences often express the same pattern. All the sentences of a language arc cast in its patterns. John telephoned, The boy studied. We understood are different sentences expressing the same statement pattern in English. A pattern is not a sentence, however. Sentences express patterns. Each sentence illustrates a pattern.

To memorize a sentence does not imply that a pattern has been memorized. There can be countless sentences, each unique, yet all constructed on the same pattern. Patterns and Grammar Children learn the grammatical patterns of their language before they study grammar in school. When a child says goed instead of went or knowed instead of knew, he is applying the regular preterite pattern on the analogy, open opened go goed

Patterns arc learned in childhood. Adults no longer have to learn new patterns they learn new words that are used in old patterns. That the old patterns are alive is shown by putting unknown words and phrases into them. And what is the role of the native language in learning the patterns of a foreign language? Native Language Factor The most important factor determining ease and difficulty in learning the patterns of a foreign language is their similarity to or difference from the patterns of the native

language. When the pattern in the target language is parallel to one in the native language, the student merely learns new words which he puts into what amounts to an extended use of his native pattern. Since his word learning capacity is not lost, he makes rapid progress. When, however, the native language pattern does not parallel that of the target language, the student tends to revert to his native language patterns through habit.

Grading the Patterns There is no single grading scale for teaching the patterns of a foreign language. Any systematic cumulative progression, taking into account the structures that are difficult, would be satisfactory from a linguistic point of view. Pattern-practice Approach The mimicry-memorization exercise tends to give the same amounts of practice to easy as well as difficult problems. It also concentrates unduly on the memorization of specific sentences, and not

enough on the manipulation of the patterns of sentences in a variety of content situations. For those patterns that arc functionally parallel to the native language, very little work needs to be done, and very little or no explanation is necessary. On the other hand, for those patterns that are not parallel in the two languages, more specific understanding of the grammatical structure points at issue is needed while the sentences are learned and not before

or after. And more practice with the pattern is necessary before it is learned, that is, used without attention to its structure. Basic sentences The memorization of sample sentences that contain the grammatical problems to he mastered is common to both pattern practice and mimicry-memorization. For this practice there is ample justification in linguistics and in psychology. The utterances have to become readily available if the student is to use them in the rapid sequence

of conversation. Teaching the patterns A sentence can be learned as a single unstructured unit like a word, but this is only the beginning. The student must acquire the habit of constructing sentences in the patterns of the target language. For this he must be able to put words almost automatically into a pattern without changing it, or to change it by making the necessary adjustments. Teaching a. problem pattern begins with teaching the specific structure points where a formal change

in the pattern is crucial and where the student is not able to manipulate the required changes. The steps in teaching problem patterns are 1 attention pointer, usually a single sentence calling the students attention to the point at issue 2 examples, usually minimally contrastive examples showing a pair of sentences that differ only on the point or points being made 3 repetition by the class and presentation of additional examples of the same contrast 4 comments or generalization elicited inductively

from the students and confirmed by the teacher 5 practice, with attention on the problem being taught. These steps an intended to clarify the crucial point of contrast at the time when sentences are being learned. They should take only a small portion of the class time-no more than 15 per cent. Robert Lado accents that many teachers make the mistake of trying to explain everything at length while the class listens passively. Long explanations without active practice arc a waste of time, and even

with practice they are inefficient. Most of the class should be devoted to practice. The following are brief descriptions of some of the more effective types of exercises. The more effective types of exercises according to R.Lado Listening It is understood that the student does not invent the target language. He must listen to good models. Random listening helps, but selective listening following instructions

is more effective. Listening is assumed to he most effective when it is in preparation for speaking. Listening can be combined with other activities. Oral repetition In this practice the student repeats the pattern sentences provided orally by the model. This is the most basic and important of all exercises. It begins with the presentation of the very first sentence of the pattern, the basic sentence, and

continues through all other examples of the pattern taught for speaking. Oral substitution Once the student can speak the basic sentence by repetition, oral substitution becomes the most useful and powerful drill available to practice the pattern. It is fast, flexible, and versatile, and it approximates conversational use of the language. Several variations are described for the reader simple substitution, substitution in variable position,

substitution that forces a change, substitution requiring a change, and multiple substitution. Transformation Speech practice and etc. The idea of learning the pattern rather than just sentences is clearly stated by C.C.Fries. Carles Fries and Robert Lado wrote what We offer them patterns with confidence in their extraordinary effectiveness. They represent a new theory of language learning,the idea that to learn a new language one must established

orally the patterns of the language as subconscious habits. 1 C.C.Fries thinks that one must practice the patterns of the language until he can use them little or no effort. The Psychological characteristics of grammar skills. To develop ones speech means to acquire essential patterns of speech, and grammar patterns in particular. Children must use these items automatically during speech-practice.

The automatic use of grammar items in our speech oral and written supposes mastering some particular skills - the skills of using grammar items to express ones own thoughts,in other words to make up your sentences. We must get so-called reproductive or active grammar skills. A skill is treated as an automatic part of awareness. Automatization of the action is the main feature of a skill.

The nature of automatization is characterized by that psychological structure of the action which adopts to the conditions of performing the action owing frequent experience. The action becomes more frequent, correct and accurate and the number of the operations is shortened while forming the skill the character of awareness of the action is changing, i.e. fullness of understanding is paid to the conditions and quality of performing to the control over it and regulation.

To form some skills is necessary to know that the process of the forming skills has some steps 1. Only some definite elements of the action are automatic. 2. The automatization occurs under more difficult conditions, when the child cant concentrate his attention on one element of the action. 3. The whole structure of the action is improved and the automatization of its separate components is completed. What features do the productive grammar skills have?

During our speech the reproductive grammar skills are formed together with lexics and intonation, they must express the speakers intentions. The actions in the structural setting of the lexics must be learnt. The characteristic feature of the reproductive grammar skills is their flexibility. It doesn t depend on the level of automatization, i.e. on perfection of skill here mean the original action both the structure of sentence, and forms of the words are reproduced by the speaker using different

lexical material. If the child reproduces sentences and different words, which have been learnt by him as a ready-made thing he can say that there is no grammar skill. Learning the ready-made forms, word combinations and sentences occurs in the same way as learning lexics. The grammar skill is based on the general conclusion. The grammar action can and must occur only in the definite lexical limits, on the definite lexical

material. If the pupil can make up his sentence frequently, accurately and correctly from the grammatical point of view, he has got the grammar skill. Teaching grammar at school using the theoretical knowledge brought some critical and led to confusion. All the grammatical rules were considered to be evil and there were some steps to avoid using them at school. But when we learn grammatical items in models we use substitution and such a type of training gets

rid of grammar or neutralize it. By he way, teaching the skills to make up sentences by analogy is a step on the way of forming grammar skills. It isnt the lexical approach to grammar and it isnt neutralization of grammar, but using basic sentences in order to use exercises by analogy and to reduce number of grammar rules when forming the reproductive grammar skills. To form the reproductive grammar skills we must follow such steps 1.

Selection the model of sentence. 2. Selection the form of the word and образование словоформ. 3. Selection the auxiliary words-preposition, articles, and etc. and their combination with principle words. The main difficulty of the reproductive active grammar skills is to correspond the purposes of the statement, communicative approach a questionan answer and so on , words, meanings, expressed by the grammatical patterns. In that case we use basic sentences, in order to answer the definite situation.

The main factor of the forming of the reproductive grammar skill is that pupils need to learn the lexic of the language. They need to learn the meanings of the words and how they are used. We must be sure that our pupils are aware of the vocabulary they need at their level and they can use the words in order to form their own sentence. Each sentence contains a grammar structure. The mastering the grammar skill lets pupils save time and strength, energy, which can give opportunity

to create. Learning a number of sentences containing the same grammatical structure and a lot of words containing the same grammatical form isnt rational. But the generalization of the grammar item can relieve the work of the mental activity and let the teacher speed up the work and the children realize creative activities. The process of creation is connected with the mastering of some speech stereotypes the grammatical

substrat is hidden in basic sentences. Grammar is presented as itself. Such a presentation of grammar has its advantage the grammar patterns of the basic sentences are connected with each other. But this approach gives pupils the opportunity to realize the grammar item better. The teaching must be based on grammar explanations and grammar rules. Grammar rules are to be understood as a special way of expressing communicative activity.

The reproductive grammar skills suppose to master the grammar actions which are necessary for expressing thoughts in oral and written forms. The automatic perception of the text supposes the reader to identify the grammar form according to the formal features 9 words, word combinations, sentences which must be combined with the definite meaning. One must learn the rules in order to identify different grammatical forms. Pupils should get to know their features, the ways of expressing them in the language.

We teach children to read and aud by means of grammar. It reveals the relation between words in the sentence. Grammar is of great important when one teaches reading and auding. The forming of the perceptive grammar and reproductive skills is quite different. The steps of the work is mastering the reproductive skills differ from the steps in mastering the perceptive

skills. To master the reproductive grammar skills one should study the basic sentences or models. To master the perceptive grammar skills one should identify and analyze the grammar item. Though training is of great importance to realize the grammar item. Introducing new language structure. We will consider ways in which children can be introduced to new language structure. The importance of language awareness

When we present grammar through structural patterns we tend to give students tidy pieces of language to work with We introduce grammar, which can easily be explained and presented. There are many different ways of doing this, which do not only involve the transmission of grammar rules. It is certainly possible to teach aspects of grammar - indeed that is what language teachers have been doing for centuries - but language is a difficult business and it is often used very inventively

by its speakers, In other words real language use is often very untidy and cannot be automatically reduced to simple grammar patterns. Students need to be aware of this, just as they need to be aware of all language possibilities. Such awareness does not mean that they have to be taught each variation and linguistic twist, however. It just means that they have to be aware of language and how it is used. That is why reading and listening are so important, and that is why discovery activities are so valuable

since by asking students to discover ways in which language is used we help to raise their awareness about the creative use of grammar - amongst other things. As teachers we should be prepared to use a variety of techniques to help our students learn and acquire grammar. Sometimes this involves teaching grammar rules sometimes it means allowing students to discover the rules for themselves. What do we introduce? Our job at this stage of the lesson is to present the

pupils with clear information about the language they are learning. We must also show them what the language means and how it is used we must also show them what the grammatical form of the new language is, and how it is said and or written. What we are suggesting here is that students need to get an idea of how he new language is used by native speakers and the best way of doing this s to present language in context.

The context for introducing new language should have a number of characteristics It should show what the new language means and how it is used, for example. That is why many useful contexts have the new language being used in a written text or dialogue. A good context should be interesting for the children. This doesn t mean that all the subject matter we use for presentation should be wildly funny or inventive

all of the time. But the pupils should at least want to see or hear the information. Lastly, a good context will provide the background for a lot of language use so that students can use the information not only for the repetition of model sentences but also for making their own sentences. Often the textbook will have all the characteristics mentioned here and the teacher can confidently rely on the material for the presentation. But the textbook is not always so appropriate for a number

of reasons the information in the book may not be right for our students in such cases we will want to create our own contexts for language use. Types of context Context means the situation or body of information, which causes language to be used. There are a number of different context types, but for our purposes we will concentrate on three, the students world, the outside world and formulated information.

The students world can be a major source of contexts for language presentation. There are two kinds of students world. Clearly we can use the physical surroundings that the students are in - the classroom, school or institution. But classrooms and their physical properties tables, chairs, windows, etc. are limited. The students lives are not constrained in the same way, however, and we can use facts about them, their families, friends and experiences.

The outside world provides us with rich contexts for presentation For example, there is an almost infinite number of stories we can use to present different lenses. We can also create situations where people speak because they are in those situations, or where the writer describes some special information. This is especially useful for the practice of functional language, for example. We can ask students to look at examples of language which show the new language

in operation, though this last category can sometimes have no context. These three sub-categories, story, situation or language, can be simulated or real. Most teachers are familiar with made-up stones which arc often useful for classwork real stories work well too, of course. In the same way we can create the simulation of an invitation dialogue, for example. But here again we could also show students a real invitation dialogue.

In general we can say that real contexts are better simply because they are real, but they may have complexities of language and comprehensibility which can be avoided by simulated contexts - life-like but clearly mode-up to some extent. Formulated information refers to all that information which is presented in the form of timetables, notes, charts etc. Once again we can use real charts and timetables, growth statistics, etc. or we can design our own which will be just right for our students.

There are variations on these different kinds of context, of course, but we can broadly summarize what we have said so far in the following way The presentation of structural form. One of the teacher s jobs is to show how the new language is formed - how the grammar works and how it is put together. One way of doing this is to explain the grammar in detail, using grammatical terminology and giving a mini-lecture on the subject. This seems problematical, though, for two reasons firstly

many pupils may find grammatical concepts difficult, secondly- such explanations for beginners will be almost impossible. A more effective - and less frightening - way of presenting form is to let the students see and or hear the new language, drawing their attention in a number of different ways to the grammatical elements of which it is made. For whilst advanced students may profit from grammatical explanations to a certain extent, at lower levels we must usually find simpler and more transparent

ways of giving students grammatical information. A general model for introducing new language. The model has five components lead-in, elicitation, explanation, accurate reproduction, and immediate creativity. During the lead-in the context is introduced and the meaning or use of the new language is demonstrated. This is the stage at which students may hear or see some language including the new language and during which students may become aware of certain key concepts.

The key concepts are those pieces of information about the context that are vital if students are to understand the context and thus the meaning and use of the new language. During the lead-in stage, then, we introduce our context making sure that key concepts are understood and show the new language in use. During the elicitation stage the teacher tries to see if the students can produce the new language. If they can it would clearly be wasteful and de-motivating for them if

a lot of time was spent practising the language that they already know. At the elicitation stage - depending on how well and if the students can produce the new language - the teacher can decide which of the stages to go to next. If the students can t produce the new language at all, for example, we will move to the explanation stage. If they can, hut with minor mistakes, we may move to the accurate reproduction stage to clear

up those problems. If they know the new language but need a bit more controlled practice in producing it we may move directly to the immediate creativity stage Elicitation is vitally important for it gives the teacher information upon which to act it is also motivating for the students and actively involves their learning abilities. During the explanation stage the teacher shows how the new language is formed.

It is here that we may give a listening drill or explain something in the students own language we may demonstrate grammatical form on the blackboard. In other words, this is where the students learn how the new language is constructed. During the accurate reproduction stage students are asked to repeat and practise a certain number of models. The emphasis here will be on the accuracy of what the students say rather than meaning or use.

Here the teacher makes sure that the students can form the new language correctly, getting the grammar right and perfecting their pronunciation as far as is necessary. Correction. During the accurate reproduction phase there are two basic correction stages showing incorrectness indicating to the student that something is wrong and using correction techniques. a Showing incorrectness This means that we will indicate to the student that a mistake has been made.

If the student understands this feedback he or she will be able to correct the mistake and this self-correction will be helpful to him or her as part of the learning process. There are a number of techniques for showing incorrectness 1 Repeating Here we simply ask the student to repeat what he or she has just said by using the word again . This, said with a questioning intonation, will usually indicate that the response was unsatisfactory

although it could be misunderstood as only indicating that the teacher has not heard the student s response . 2 Echoing We will be even clearer if we repeat what the student has just said, using a questioning intonation since this will clearly indicate that we are doubting the accuracy or content of what is being said. Sometimes we can echo the complete student response, probably stressing the pan of the utterance that was incorrect, for example She go to school? Another possibility is to echo the student s response,

but only up to the point where the mistake was made,ftor example She go ? Echoing, in its various forms, is probably the most efficient way of showing incorrectness. 3 Denial We can simply tell the student that the response was unsatisfactory and ask for it to be repeated. This seems somewhat drier than the techniques so far discussed it may be a bit more discouraging. 4 Questioning We can say Is that correct? asking any student in the class to answer our question.

This has the advantage of focusing everybody s mind on the problem, though it may make the student who made the mistake seem somewhat exposed. 5 Expression Many teachers indicate that a response was incorrect by their expression or by some gesture. This is very economical and can be quite funny but can be dangerous if the student thinks that the expression or gesture is a form of mockery. In general, showing incorrectness should be handled with

tact and consideration. The process of student self-correction, which it provokes, is an important and useful part of the learning process. Showing incorrectness should be seen as a positive act, in other words, not as a reprimand. Frequently, however, we find that showing incorrectness is not enough for the correction of a mistake or an error and the teacher may therefore have to use some correction techniques. b Using correction techniques If students are unable to correct themselves we can resort to one of

the following techniques. 1 Student corrects student we can ask if anyone else can give the correct response. We can ask if anyone can help the student who has made the mistake. If another student can supply the correct information it will be good for that student s self-esteem. However, the student who originally made the mistake may feel humiliated if this technique is used insensitively. 2 Teacher corrects student s Sometimes we may feel that we should take charge of correction

because the students are extremely mixed-up about what the correct response should be. In that case we can re-explain the item of language, which is causing the trouble. This will be especially appropriate when we see that a majority of the class are having the same problem. After the re-explanation we can move to choral and individual repetition if necessary before moving on. The object of using correction techniques, of course, is to give the student s a chance to know

how to get the new language right. It is important, therefore, that when we have used one of the techniques suggested above, we ask the student who originally made the mistake to give us a correct response. When the children and teacher are confident that the children can form the new language correctly they will move to immediate creativity. Here they try to use what they have just learned to make sentences of their own, rather than sentences which the teacher or book has introduced as models.

It is at this stage that both teacher and student can see if the students have really understood the meaning, use and form of the new language. If they are able to produce their own sentences they can feel confident that the presentation was success. We can represent the model for introducing new language in diagram form Notice again that if the students perform well during elicitation the teacher can move straight to immediate creativity. If at that stage they perform badly the teacher may find it necessary

either to return to a short accurate reproduction stage or. in extreme cases, to re-explain the new language. The Content of Teaching Grammar. Before speaking about the selection of grammar material it is necessary to consider the concept grammar , i.e what it meant by grammar . By grammar one can mean adequate comprehension and correct usage of words in the act of communication, that is, intuitive knowledge of the grammar of the language.

It is a set of reflexes enabling a person to communicate with his associates. Such knowledge is acquired by a child in the mother tongue before he goes to schools. This grammar functions without the individuals awareness of technical nomenclature, in other words, he has no idea of the system of the language, and to use all the word-endings for singular and plural, for tense, and all the other grammar rules without special grammar lessons only due to the abundance

of auding and speaking. His young mind grasps the facts and makes simple grammar rules for arranging the words to express carious thoughts and feelings. This is true because sometimes little children make mistakes by using a common rule for words to which that rule cannot be applied. For example, a little English child might be heard to say Two mans comed instead of

Two men come, because the child is using the plural s rule for man to which the rule does not apply, and the past tense ed rule for come which does not obey the ordinary rule for the past tense formation. A little Russian child can say ножов instead of ножей using the case-ending ов for ножи to which it does not apply. Such mistakes are corrected as the child grows older and learns more of his language. By grammar we also mean the system of the language, the discovery and description of the nature of

language itself. It is not a natural grammar, but a constructed one. There are several constructed grammars traditional, structural, and transformational grammars. Traditional grammar studies the forms of words morphology and how they are put together in sentences syntax structural grammar studies structures of various levels of the language morpheme level and syntactic level transformational grammar studies basic structures and transformation rules.

What we need is simplest and shortest grammar that meets the requirements of the school syllabus in foreign languages. This grammar must be simple enough to be grasped and held by any pupil. We cannot say that this problem has been solved. Since graduates are expected to acquire language proficiency in aural comprehension, speaking and reading grammar material should be selected for the purpose. There exist principles of selecting grammar material both for teaching speaking knowledge active minimum

and for teaching reading knowledge passive minimum , the main one is the principle of frequency, i.e how frequently this or that grammar item occurs. For example, the Present Simple Indefinite is frequently used both in conversation and in various texts. Therefore it should be included in the grammar minimum. For selecting grammar material for reading the principle of polysemia, for instance, is of great importance.

1 Pupils should be taught to distinguish such grammar items which serve to express different meanings. For example, -ing -ed Past Simple Indefinite -s es The selection of grammar material involves choosing the appropriate king of linguistic description, i.e the grammar which constitutes the best base for developing speech habits. Thus the school syllabus reflect a traditional approach to determining grammar material for foreign

language teaching, pupils are given sentences patterns or structures, and through these structures they assimilate the English language, acquire grammar mechanisms of speech. The content of grammar teaching is disputable among teachers and methodologists, and there are various approaches to the problem, pupils should, whatever the content of the course, assimilate the ways of fitting words together to form sentences and be able to easily recognize grammar forms and structures

while hearing and reading, to reproduce phrases and sentences stored up in their memory and say or write sentences of their own, using grammar items appropriate to the situation. The Most Common Difficulties Pupils Howe in Assimilating English Grammar. The chief difficulty in learning a new language is that of changing from the grammatical mechanism of the native language to that of the new language.

Indeed, every language has its own way of fitting words together to form sentences. In English, word order is more important than in Russian. The word order in Tom gave Helen a rose indicates what was given a rose , to whom Helen , and by whom Tom . If we change the word order and say Helen gave tom a rose, we shall change the meaning of the sentence.

In Russian, due to inflexions, which are very important in this language, we can say Том дал Лене розу or Лене дал Том розу without changing the meaning of the sentence, as the inflexion e in the word Лене indicates the object of the action. The inversion of subject and finite verb in Are you indicates the question form. In speaking English, Russian pupils often violate the word order which results in bad mistakes in expressing

their thoughts. The English tense system also presents a lot of trouble to Russian-speaking pupils because of the difference which exists in these languages with regard to time and tense relations. For example, the pupil cannot at first understand why we must say I have seen him today and I saw him yesterday. For him the action is completed in both sentences, and he does not associate it in any way with today or yesterday.

The sequence of tenses is another difficult point of English grammar for Russian speaking pupils because there is no such phenomenon in their mother tongue. Why should we say She said she was busy when she is busy? The use of modal verbs in various types of sentences is very difficult for the learner. For example, he should differentiate the use of can and may while in

Russian the verb may covers them both. Then he should remember which verb must be used in answers to the questions with modal verbs. For instance, May I go home? No, you mustnt. May I take your pen? Yes, you may. Must I do it? No, you neednt. The most difficult point of English grammar is the article because it is completely strange to

Russian-speaking pupils. The use of the articles and other determiners comes first in the list of the most frequent errors. Pupils are careless in the use of these tiny words and consider them unimportant for expressing their thoughts when speaking English. English grammar must begin, therefore, with pupils learning the meaning of these structural words, and with practice in their correct use. For example

This is a pen. The pen is red. This is my pen and that is his pen. Correct selection of grammar teaching material is the first step towards the elimination of mistakes. Some General Principles of Grammar Teaching and How to Use Them. Teaching grammar should be based upon the following principles 1. Conscious approach to the teaching of grammar. This means that in sentence patterns teaching points

are determined so that pupils can concentrate their attention on some elements of the pattern to be able to use them as orienting points when speaking or writing the target language. For example, I can see a book. I can see many books. The teacher draws pupils attention to the new element in the form of a rule, a very short one. It is usually done in the mother tongue. For example

Помни, что во множественном числе к существительному прибавляется окончание -s s,z или -es IZ . Or Помни, что в отрицательных предложениях ставится вспомогательный глагол do not does not The rule helps the learner to understand and to assimilate the structural meaning of the elements. It ensures a conscious approach to learning. This approach provides favourable conditions for the speedy development of correct and more flexible language use.

However it does not mean that the teacher should ask pupils to say this or that rule, Rules do not ensure the mastery of the language. They only help to attain the practical goal. If a pupil can recognize and employ correctly the forms that are appropriate, that is sufficient. When the learner can give ample proof of these abilities we may say that he has fulfilled the syllabus requirements. Conscious learning is also ensured when a grammar item is contrasted with another grammar

item which is usually confused. The contrast is brought out through oppositions. For example I get up at 7 oclock. Its 7 oclock. I am getting up. He has come. He came an hour ago. Give me a book to read into the train . Give me the book you have promised , I like soup more than any other food . I like the soup you have cooked . Rule for the teacher

The teacher should realize difficulties the sentence pattern presents for his pupils. Comparative analysis of the grammar item in English and in Russian or within the English language may be helpful. He should think of the shortest and simplest way for presentation of the new grammar item. The teacher should remember the more he speaks about the language the less time is left to practice.

The more the teacher explains the less his pupils understand what he is trying to explain, this leads to the teacher giving more information than is necessary, which does not help the pupils in the usage of this particular grammar item, only hinders them. 2. Practical approach to the assimilation of grammar. It means that pupils learn those grammar items which they need for immediate use either in oral or

written language. For example, from the first steps of language learning pupils need the Possessive Case for objects which belong to different people, namely, Mikes textbook, Anns mother, the girls doll, the boys room, etc. The teacher masters grammar through performing various exercises in using a given grammar item. Rule for the teacher The teacher should teach pupils correct grammar usage and not grammar knowledge.

3. Structural approach to the teaching grammar, i.e. grammar items are introduced and drilled in structures or sentence patterns. It has been proved and accepted by the majority of teachers and methodologists that whenever the aim to teach pupils the command of the language, and speaking in particular, the structural approach meets the requirements. Pupils are taught to understand English when spoken to and to speak it from the very beginning.

This is possible provided they have learned sentence patterns and words as a pattern and they know how to adjust them to them to the situations they are given. 1 In our country the structural approach to the teaching of grammar attracted the attention of many teachers. As a result structural approach to grammar teaching has been adopted by our schools since it allows the pupil to make up sentences by analogy , to use the same pattern for various situations.

Pupils learn sentence patterns and how to use them in oral and written language. Rule for the teacher The teacher should furnish pupils with words to change the lexical semantic meaning of the sentence pattern so that pupils will be able to use it in different situations. He should assimilate the grammar mechanism involved in sentence pattern and not the sentence itself. 4. Situational approach to the teaching of grammar.

Pupils learn a grammar item used in situations. For example, the Possessive Case may be effectively introduced in classroom situations. The teacher takes or simply touches various things and says This is Ninas pen That is Sashas exercise-book, and so on. Rule for the teacher The teacher should select the situations for the particular grammar item he is

going to present. He should look through the textbook and other teaching materials and find those situations which can ensure comprehension and the usage of the item. 5. Different approach to the teaching active grammar grammar for conversation and passive grammar grammar for reading . Grammar items pupils need for conversation are taught by the oral approach, i.e pupils aud them, perform various oral exercises, finally see them printed, and write sentences using them.

For example, pupils need the Present Progressive for conversation. They listen to sentences with the verbs in the Present Progressive spoken by the teacher or the speaker when a tape recorder is used and relate them to the situations suggested. Then pupils use the verbs in the Present Progressive in various oral sentences in which the

Present Progressive is used. Grammar items necessary for reading are taught through reading. Rule for the teachers If the grammar item the teacher is going to present belongs to those pupils need for conversation, he should select the oral approach method for teaching. If pupils need the grammar item for reading, the teacher should start with reading and writing sentences in which the grammar item occurs. While preparing for the lesson at which a new grammar item should

be introduced, the teacher must realize the difficulties pupils will meet in assimilating this new element of the English grammar. They may be of three kinds difficulties in form, meaning, and usage. The teacher thinks of the ways to overcome these difficulties how to convey the meaning of the grammar item either through situations or with the help of the mother tongue what rule should be used what exercises should be done their types and number. Then he thinks of the sequence in which pupils should work to

overcome these difficulties, i.e , from observation and comprehension through conscious imitation to usage in conversation communicative exercises . Then the teacher considers the form in which he presents the grammar item - orally, in writing, or in reading. And, finally, the teacher plans pupils activity while they are learning this grammar item point their individual work, mass work, work in unison, and work in pairs, always bearing in mind that for assimilation

pupils need examples of the sentence pattern in which this grammar item occurs. Types of Exercises for the Assimilation of Grammar. The following types of exercises may be suggested. 1. Recognition exercises which are the easiest type of exercises for pupils to perform. They observe the grammar item in structures sentence patterns when hearing or reading.

Since pupils only observe the new grammar item the situations should be natural and communicative. For example - Listen to the sentences and raise your hands whenever you hear the verbs in the Past Simple. Mike lives in Pushkin street. I lived there last year. Ann gets up at 7 oclock in the morning. She got up at half past seven yesterday etc. It is desirable that sentences formed should concern real situations and facts.

Pupils listen to the teacher and raise their hands when they hear a verb in the Past Simple. The teacher can see whether each of his pupils has grasped the sentence Read the sentences and choose the correct form of the verb. The following sentences may be suggested 1. I go, went to school yesterday. 2. Tom takes, took a bus when he goes to school. 3.

She got, gets, gets up at 7 o clock every day. Pupils should read the sentences and find the signals for the correct choice of the form. Since the necessary form is suggested in each sentence they should only recognize the one they need for a given context. Recognition exercises are indispensable as pupils retain the grammar material through auditory and visual perception. Auditory and visual memory is at work.

2. Drill exercises are more completed as they require reproduction on the part of the pupils. In learning a foreign language drill exercises are indispensable. The learners cannot assimilate the material if they only hear and see it. They must reproduce it both in outer and inner speech. The more often they say it the better they assimilate the material.

Though drill exercises are those in which pupils have only one difficulty to overcome, they should also be graded a Repetitive drill. Pupils pronounce the sentence pattern after the teacher, in imitation of the teacher, both individually and in unison. For example Teacher They are dancing in the park. Class They are dancing in the park. Individuals They are dancing in the park. Or pupils listen to the dialogue and say it after the speaker.

-Is Ann dancing now? -No, she isnt. -What is she doing? -She is watching television. Attention is drawn to the correct pronunciation of the sentence pattern as a sense unit, as a statement sounds,stress, and melody . b Substitution. Pupils substitute the words or phrases in a sentence pattern. For example The children are dancing in the park.

The children are dancing in the garden. The children are dancing in the street. The children are dancing in the yard. The children are dancing in the hall. The children are dancing after classes. The children are dancing at the party. A pupil substitutes a phrase, the rest may say it in unison. Then they are invited to replace the word dancing with other words.

They are singing in the park. They are working in the park. They are walking in the park. They are playing in the park. They are running in the park. They are talking in the park. They are watering flowers in the park. They are planting trees in the park. They are helping the workers in the park. The use of a particular verb is stimulated with pictures

or a Russian word . Quick revision is achieved with a small expenditure of effort. In this way they review many words and phrases. As pupils have only one difficulty to overcome the work does not take much time. Or pupils are invited to replace the words in the dialogue with those given in columns see the dialogue above . Kate Your sister This girl They work in pairs. There is one more advantage in performing this type of exercises-pupils

consolidate the grammar item without thinking about it. They think of the words, phrases, but not of the form itself, therefore, involuntary memory is at work. c Completion. Pupils complete the sentences the teacher utters looking at the pictures he shows. For example Teacher Look at the picture. Mike is . Pupil Mike is getting up. Class Mike is getting up.

Teacher Mike is . Pupil Mike is dressing. Class Mike is dressing. Attention should be given to the use of is in this exercise. The teacher should pronounce Mike is to prevent the typical mistake of the pupils Mike dressing . This is essential structural element of the tense form of the Present Continuous Russian-speaking pupils, however, do not feel any necessity to use it. d

Answering the teacher s questions. For example Teacher Is Mike getting up? Pupil Yes, he is. Teacher Who is getting up? Pupil Mike is. Teacher What is Mike doing? Pupil He is getting up. Drill exercises may be done both orally and in written form. Pupils perform oral exercises during the lesson and written ones at home.

For example, they ate told to write five or seven sentences on the model given. During the next lesson the work done at home is checked orally. In this way pupils have practice in pronunciation while reading their own examples, and in auding while listening to their classmates. Creative exercises speech exercises . This is the most difficult type of exercises as it requires creative work on the part of the learners.

These may be a Making statements either on the picture the teacher shows, or on objects. For example, the teacher hangs up a picture and asks his pupils to say or write three or five statements in the Present Continuous. b Asking questions with a given grammar item. For example, pupils are invited to ask and answer questions in the Past Indefinite. c Speaking about the situation offered by the teacher.

For example, one pupil gives commands to perform this or that action, the other comments on the action actions his classmate performs. Pupil 1 Go to the door, Sasha. Pupil 2 Sasha is going to the door. Pupil 3 Open the door. Pupil 4 Sasha is opening the door. d Speaking on a suggested topic. For example, a pupil tells the class what he did yesterday. e

Making dialogues using the grammar item covered. f Telling the story read, heard . g Translating into English. h Participating in free conversation in which pupils are to use the grammar item they have learned. E. g pupils have learned sentence patterns with the impersonal it. It s cold. It s late. It s winter . Teacher What s the weather like, children?

Is it cold today? Do you like it when it s cold? Through these questions pupils are stimulated to speak about the weather and use the grammar item they have learnt. All the exercises of the creative type are designed for consolidating grammar material pupils need for hearing and speaking. All the exercises mentioned above are designed 1 to develop pupils skills in recognizing grammar forms while auding and reading

English texts 2 to accumulate correct sentence patterns in the pupils memory which they can reproduce whenever they need these patterns for speaking or writing 3 to help the pupils to produce sentences of their own using grammar items necessary for speaking about a situation or a topic offered, or writing an essay on the text heard or an annotation on the text read. Grammar tests. A check on the assimilation of grammar material is carried out through 1 auding if a

pupil understands what he auds, he knows grammar 2 speaking if a pupil uses the grammar item correctly, he has assimilated it 3 reading if a learner understands what he reads, he knows grammar 4 tests. Tests allow the teacher to evaluate pupils achievement in grammar, that is, how each of them has mastered forms, meaning, and usage. Tests in grammar may involve filling in the blanks opening the brackets transformation e. g make it negative, change into plural, etc. extension e. g like to read books -

I like to raid English bocks in our library completion e. g When I came home making statements on the pictures given translation. During my practice I examined the group of children of 9-10 year old. The children have been studying English for two years the 3d form . I used the test to receive some results and to point out the level of the forming of grammar skills

on theme the degrees of comparison of adjectives . The test consisted of 5 tasks. Task 1 The aim to control the listening comprehension. Listen. Agree or disagree. 1. The elephant is the biggest animal. 2. the biggest cat is the tiger. 3. The monkeys tail is longer than the cats. 4. Dogs are clever than cats. 5. Cats are funnies than monkeys.

Task 2 The aim to control the reading skill and the level. The passage from Why Rabbits have Got Short tails p.211 English I I.N.Vereschagina, T.A.Pritykina, Москва Просвещение, 1994 Read and translate Once there lived a Rabbit, His name was Bunny. He was grey and big, bigger than his brother

Bonny. But he had no tail. And he wanted to have a long tail, longer than that of Mrs. Fox. One day Bunny went for a walk. He saw Mrs. Fox. Hello, Mrs. Fox , he said, Where are going? Im going shopping. What are you going to buy? Im going to buy a tail. But youve got a tail! I think its the longest and the most beautiful tail!

Well, but I want a new one, alonger and more beautiful one than my old tail. Task 3 Complete the table. Positive Comparative Superlative The kindest Slower Big Popular Better Dry Beautiful Task 4 Compare these funny fellows picture 1 Nick and Rick make statements on the given picture Weak, strong thin, fat short, tall young, old good, bad.

Task 5 Choose the correct word and copy the sentences. 1. Lions are clever, cleverer, the cleverest than tigers. 2. The big, bigger, biggest animal is the elephant. 3. The giraffes neck is long, longer, the longest than the tigers. 4. The clever, cleverer, cleverest wild animals are monkeys.

AppendixIntroducing new language examples. a Physical surroundings prepositions. The teacher starts by producing some objects. They can be very ordinary, for example a stapler, a pen, a bag, a pencil, a pencil case, etc. The teacher elicits the words for these objects from the students and if they do not know them models the words and leads choral and or individual repetition. The teacher gives one of the objects a book. for example to one of the better students and then says

something like Put the book on the table. If the student docs not understand the teacher helps by pointing and by gesture. When the student has put the book on the table the teacher says Well done and then chooses another student who is told to Put the ruler in the box , etc. As the students gradually do what they are asked they are getting wonderful listening practice. The teacher now asks the students if they can give instructions thus eliciting the

new language. When the students give their instructions the teacher will decide whether it is necessary to interrupt and model some or all of the new language or whether to move straight on to the immediate creativity stage where students are giving whatever instructions they want within reason As a written stage the teacher can write up some instructions on the board as models. Students can now be asked to write their own instructions which they give to their classmates who then

have to do what is written there. b Likes and dislikes This presentation will consist of two stages. In the first students will learn to say Do you like ? and in the second they will be presented with He she likes doesn t like . The teacher starts the sequence by asking students Do you like coffee With mime and expression he or she will soon convey the meaning of the question and

a student will answer Yes or No . The teacher then gets choral and individual repetition of the answers Yes I do No, I don t if this is necessary. For a very brief period the teacher asks students questions and they give their answers. Then the teacher elicits the question which the students have heard the teacher using . If necessary the question is explained and the teacher goes through the accurate reproduction stage, cueing students to ask and answer different questions.

The students then work in pairs doing the same thing. This is a form of immediate creativity. While the students are working in pairs the teacher puts the following on the blackboard NAME FISH CAVIAR SPAGHETTI LIVER BANANAS The teacher selects a student, for example, Carlos, and puts his name in the name column. The other students now ask him whether he likes the items

on the chart and the teacher puts a tick V if he does and a cross X if he doesn t. The procedure is now repeated with other students until the chart looks like this NAME FISH CAVIAR SPAGHETTI LIVER BANANAS Carlos V V X V X Maria V X V X V Juan X X V V V Ctl WI V V V V V The teacher then asks the students what they can say about

Carlos and fish, hoping to elicit Carlos likes fish . This new presentation of the third person singular of the present simple with likes now proceeds in the normal way using Carlos likes and dislikes for the accurate reproduction stage and the other preferences for immediate creativity. The teacher can later introduce the question Does Carlos like fish etc. For the introduction of writing the teacher can use the fill-in idea see

a above or the students can see the following model Carlos likes fish, caviar and liver, but he doesn t like spaghetti or bananas. They can then be asked to write similar sentences about one of the other names on the list. This is a simple form of parallel writing. c Using hands and gestures Teachers can use their hands and various gestures to make grammatical form clearer.

One of the things we often need to do is to show how a full grammatical form is contracted in speech. One way of explaining this to beginning students is to use the fingers of one hand to represent the different parts of the sentence, e.g. Figure As we say the words we point to the fingers of the hand which represent those words. Now we can show how I do not like pears becomes I dont like pears Figure The use of the fingers has given a graphic description to the class.

We can pretend to hold the word do in one hand and not in the other. By bringing the hands together we show how don t is formed. d Explaining statements In this case the teacher wishes to explain such model as She goes to school. Here is a procedure we can follow Stage I The teacher says the sentence in a normal way with a clear voice using correct stress and intonation.

This may he done two or three times. Stage 2 The teacher isolates a particular feature of the model. Stage 3 The teacher distorts this feature showing how it is constructed. Stage 4 The teacher returns to the isolated element. Stage 5 The teacher gives the normal model again. We can represent this procedure in Figure Figure Sometimes, however, the teacher may not have to distort

the isolated feature where it is only a one syllable word . Where there is more than one item that needs isolating the teacher goes through the procedure in Figure. with the first item to be isolated and then repeats the sequence with the second item. The following example clearly shows the procedure in action. The teacher wishes to isolate both the verb form and the pronunciation

T Listen she goes to school she goes to school listen goes goes go z go z goes she goes to school listen she goes to school. The teacher may back up this oral explanation by writing the following on the blackboard She goes to school. The use of a box to highlight the main grammar points helps to focus the students attention on that point. e Explaining question forms When we have to do the same kind of explanation for a question form we may follow the same procedure

as for a above. However, particularly where a question form is taught after the affirmative version of the same grammar point has already been the subject of practice, some extra techniques may help the students to understand the form of the question. Unlike many languages English uses inversion to signal a question. Thus if we take an affirmative sentence such as He is running we find that the equivalent question form has the subject and the auxiliary in a different

order, e.g. Is he running Even where we put a question word such as which, what, how, when, etc. at the beginning of the question this inversion is still used. Students of English frequently find this confusing. When introducing a question teachers will follow the same procedure as for a above. They will, however, isolate and distort in a slightly different way, and it will be advisable to use

the blackboard and or gesture to make the inversion clear. Suppose we wished to explain the question model Is he running? We might do it in the following way T Listen Is he running? Is he running? listen he is running? no teacher shakes head and crosses arms in un inversion gesture Is he running? Is he running? We can write the following on the blackboard at the same time

He is running Is he running The receptive grammar skills The reproductive grammar skills Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5 Yura 3 3 2 3 3 Tanya 3 3 3 3 3 Andrey 3 3 2 3 3 Maxim 1 2 1 1 2 Sasha 2 3 1 2 2 Misha Ag 1 2 2 2 2 Yana 3 3 3 2 3 Dima 3 3 3 2 3 Sveta 3 3 3 3 3 Zhenya 3 3 3 3 3

Natasha 3 3 3 2 3 Vova 2 2 2 2 2 Tolya 3 3 3 2 3 Vasya 3 3 2 3 3 Misha Ab 3 3 3 3 3 1 - more than 3 grammar mistakes 2 - 1-2 grammar mistakes 3 - 0 grammar mistakes The results can be commented in levels. 80 - those children who have the receptive grammar skill 20 - those children who have a part of the receptive grammar skill 71 - those children who have the reproductive grammar skill 20 - those children

who have a part of the reproductive grammar skill 9 - those children who have no reproductive skill Conclusion. In order to understand a language and express oneself correctly one must assimilate the grammar mechanism of a language. Indeed, one may know all the words in a sentence and yet fail to understand it, if one does not see the relationship between the words in the given sentence. And vice versa, a sentence may contain one, two, and more unknown words but if one has a good knowledge

of the structure of the language one can easily guess the meanings of these words or at least find them in a dictionary, No speaking is possible without the knowledge of grammar, without the forming of a grammar mechanism. Children need grammar to be able to speak, and write in the target language. Our aim is to form grammar skills and prevent children from making grammar mistakes in their speech. The aim of foreign languages in primary schools is to develop pupils skills in order to understand

speech and participate in conversation. The method and techniques the teacher should use in teaching children of primary school is the direct method and various techniques which can develop pupils listening comprehension and speaking. We have examined two kinds of grammar skills the reproductive and receptive grammar skills. The reproductive grammar skills give pupils an opportunity to make up their own sentences in oral and written forms in other words to communicate and the receptive grammar skills give them an

opportunity to read texts or aud and understand it. To master the reproductive grammar skills one should study the basic sentences or models grammar is presented as itself in the basic sentences , to master the receptive grammar skills one should identify and analyze the grammar item. We teach children to read by means of grammar. It reveals the relationship between the words in the given sentence.

We have such a conclusion that the forming of grammar skills depends on training. Training is of great importance to realize the grammar item. We must use a lot of training exercises for the assimilation of grammar. We should provide the motivation of learn English, encourage children to communicate and remember that the correction of errors in the early stages of a language course may foster the following negative

aspects children lose confidence when they have fear of making grammar mistakes. Children become reluctant to take risks they only the say the information they know they can say. School practice helped me to realize the importance of training exercises and the role of the individual approach to teaching the children of the primary school, Besides, the teacher must have a clear idea of the grammar of the language, its structure and usage

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