Flipping
Advanced
Grammar
Sections taught by Anne Agard at
Laney College
Fall 2008-Fall 2013
The O
ld S
yste
m:
Students read a text
that demonstrates a grammar point.
The teacher explains the grammar point in class.
The students do some exercises in
class to show that they get it.
The teacher plans some more interesting class
activities, but often runs out of time.
The teacher assigns some homework.
Maybe they do it.
The teacher gives a writing assignment that incorporates
the target structure.
The results are disappointing.
The teacher marks up the papers, and the second drafts are better.
The Flip
ped
Syste
m
Students work at
home on a Moodle
site.
They:
Read and listen
to the text.
Watch short YouTube
videos of the teacher
explaining the grammar.
Do online
exercises.
Participate in
online forums.
Email the teacher if
they have a problem.
It t
ake
s a le
ast
as
much
tim
e a
s th
ey
spend in
cla
ss.
(At first, they complain.)
Now they go
to class.
The teacher answers
questions about the
homework.
Then they do the fun
activities that the teacher
didn’t use to have time for.
They receive a writing
prompt that requires use
of the target structure.
They do some
freewriting on the
topic in class.
They discuss the
writing prompt in
small groups.
They finish the
writing assignment with
the instructor as resource.
The first drafts are
pretty good! The
teacher grades
them the first time!
Some preliminary
data, for what it’s
worth:
Outc
om
es
for
Tradit
ional
Cla
sses:
Ave
rage fo
r Thre
e S
em
est
ers
WDN/D/F/NP
C/P B A0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
Com
pari
ng F
inal
Gra
des:
Tr
adit
ional
Cla
sses
wit
h t
he S
pri
ng
2013 F
lipped C
lass
WDN/D/F/NP
C/P B A0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
Com
pari
ng F
inal
Exa
m G
rades
F2011 S2012 F2012 F20130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100