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WEEK 1

TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTION TO

GRAMMAR

TESL 2 / GROUP 6Pavitthra a/p Arulchelvan

Mohitraa Shakti a/p Sundrarajan

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%on#tance %hee

TSL3108

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&E'()(TO) O'GRAMMARGrammar may be de*ned a# the

rule# of a language, governing theway in which !ord# are putto+ether to convey meaning indierent context! "NesamalarChitravelu; SararathaSithamparam & The Soo Choon,2005)

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Grammar i generally a thought to be#et o, rule# #peci,-in+ the correctorderin+ o, !ord# at the entencelevel (Nunan, 2003)

Grammar i a de#cription o, therule# that +overn ho! alan+ua+e.# #entence# are ,ored(Thornbury, 2008)

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'LUE)%0 1SA%%URA%0

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Accurac-

#ccuracy i the ability to $roduce correctentence uing correct grammar and vocabulary!

'luenc-

%luency i the ability to read, $ea&, or writeeaily, moothly, and ex$reively!

'n other word, the $ea&er can read, undertandand re$ond in a language clearly and conciely

while relating meaning and context!

Source;http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/english12345/fuency-

or-accuracy-speaking

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(om$arion of #ccuracy)orientedactivitie * %luency)oriented activitie

Accurac- acitivitie# 'luenc- activitie#

+ur$oe to hel$ tudentachieve accurate$erce$tion and$roduction of a targetitem which can be aound, a word, or aentence tructure!

to hel$ tudent$ractice language inlitening, $ea&ing,reading, andorwriting activitie to odevelo$ -uency inuing the language in$ontaneoucommunication!

.aterial the text are uuallycom$oed of e$arateitem/ the target

item are uually$racticed out of

context or ituation

the text are uuallywhole $iece ofdicoure/converation, torie,etc! text are uually

authentic and ued athey would be in real

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SAMPLE O' A%T(1(T(ES

Accurac- / grammar $reentation,ga$)2ll exercie, frame dialogue!

'luenc- / role $lay, $eeche,communicative activitie, game!

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5oung Learner9!!

:ierent &ind of grammatical&nowledge at dierent learning

tage!4nly under#tand rule# to ue

them!

:o not need to have conciougrammar &nowledge!

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;ind of grammar

&nowledgere

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1= ;nowledge of >ord 4rder

?aic entence $attern!

+oition of word clae! "[email protected],adverb, $re$oition * word li&e only

please and!ust. :eclarative A #bu i $laying

'nterrogative A ' #bu $layingB

'm$erative A #bu, $lay! xclamatory A #bu i $layingC

+oitive * 7egative verion A #bu i not$laying! 'nDt #bu $layingB #bu, donDt $layC

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E= ;nowledge ofGrammatical %act * ule

#cce$ted and learnt a a wholecollocation!

#rticle " a, an, the =

'n-ection of verb " eat, eat, haeaten, ate =

+luraliFation of noun " box)boxe,boy)boy =

>ord derivation " [email protected]) happyadverb)happily noun)happiness=

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3= ;nowledge of %orm *%unction

%unctionof language A tocommunicateto $eruade, toex$re agreement, than&,

a$$reciation * to a& for and giveinformation!

%ormA >ord, $hrae and

entence that are ued to ex$rethoe function of language!

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;nowledge of %orm *%unction

Lan+ua+e ,unction Lan+ua+e ,or

To introduce1= enny, meet my friend, Lim!E= enny, thi i Lim!3= ' would li&e you to meet my

iter, #my!

To a& fordirection

1= How do ' get to the $olicetationB

E= (an you how me the wayto the $olice tationB3= :o you mind telling me how

to get to the $olice tationB

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;nowledge of %orm *%unction

'or 'unction

't i warm in here!

1=x$reing $leaure atbeing out of cold!

E='ndicating thatomeone hould doomething! xam$le /witch on the fan oro$en the window!

3=ut ma&ing a remar&about the $lace a amean of tarting u$ aconveration!

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I= ;nowledge of How to Lin& 'deain :ierent Sentence A "Sentence

combining=

Lin&ing idea to ma&e coherent andcoheive text!

(om$ound entence A He i handome buthi brother i not!

(om$lex entence A The match went on

although it wa raining! ([email protected] A an" or but

Logical connector A so unless there#ore

+ronoun A $ they hi% %y its

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K= ;nowledge of the meaning ofdierent grammatical o$tion

Sentence formed to ex$re the amecontent contain dierent form which havedierent meaning!

xam$le of ame baic idea / omeone"+ary= bought omeone ele ",eter= aomething "a pen= )

1= .ary bought a $en for +eter!

E= 't wa .ary who bought +eter a $en!

3= # $en i what .ary bought for +eter!

I= 't wa +eter for whom .ary bought the

$en!

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The +lace ofGrammar in the

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need to be taught in context and in a meaningful

way o that they can be ued both in $eech andin writing! The grammar item can be reinforcedand conolidated if learner are encounter theitem often enough through the variou ta&

et! The grammar item hould not be taught iniolation but rather in the context of a to$ic!

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Grammar .odular ) The incluion of the module on Grammar em$haiFe the

im$ortance of having $u$il develo$ a ound gra$ of

the language tructure and grammar of Standard ?ritih

nglih!;SS Syllabu ) Grammar i no longer $art of the module in ;SS yllabu

for 5ear 1 and E! The reaon for thi i becaue nglih i

regarded a the econd language of mot $u$il in chool!

Therefore, the teaching of grammar can be delayed to the

later tage, which i from 5ear 3 to 5ear K!

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>hy grammar i introduced from5ear 3 onward B

nglih i the econd language for $u$il inchool! 't i believed $rudent and $edagogicallyound to defer the learning of grammar to a latertage! +u$il hould be given the o$$ortunity to

develo$ an awarene of grammar in their 2rtlanguage and thi awarene may then be

ex$loited when nglih grammar i introduced in5ear 3! Thi a$$roach will reduce the load and

tre of learning in the early year where theem$hai i on learning through fun and $lay!

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6e language to communicateeOciently!

:evelo$ both -uency and accuracy!

'nclude activitie that combine boththe accuracy 2rt model andcommunication 2rt model!

#ccuracy 2rt model A matery ofgrammatical $attern, form and

function!

(ommunication 2rt model A -uencyin communication!

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