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PEREVALA
OLGA
Grammar has held & continues
to hold a central place in
language teaching. It should be
integrated into communicative
activities.
They draw upon the personal
feelings and motivation of the
students in order to elicit
utterances in English that
approach genuine
communication.
It should be better :
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to present new grammar structures in
illustrative communicative situations;
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pay attention not only to the form of grammar
structure but to the meaning & training of the
given material in every day life;
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students should be aware of the function of
new grammar item.
Teaching Communicative
Grammar is based on such
aspects :
Situational
content
Functional
Structural
Grammar is unseparately
connected with using of
language in daily life and
developing speaking skills
Teaching Indefinite Tenses
at the elementary level such
situations may be used:
 Tell us what you usually do at home to
help your family with chores;
 Tell us what you’ll do at the weekends to
help your family clean the house;
 Tell us what you planned to do yesterday,
but failed.( I didn’t…)
 Ask your friend what he/she will do next
week;
Explaining Continuous
Tenses the following
situations may be helpful:
 You have come back from school & your
brother is at home too. Your mother is still at
work .She is calling you because she wants to
know what everyone is doing at the moment.
You let her know what you & your members of
the family are doing;
E.g. Tania is riding her bicycle in the yard.
Roman is playing the piano. Granny is cooking
dinner.
 Someone was playing ball outside &
broke your neighbour’s window.
Your neighbour suspects you of
having done this. He comes over &
starts accusing you of it.You try to
defend yourself & your sister giving
your reasons.
E.g. I simply can’t have done it. I
was staying inside listening to music
all the time. My sister was doing her
homework.
ILLUSTRATIVE SITUATION
 It’s autumn.It is late October. The
weather is bad. It is raining heavily.
People are hurrying along the street.
A young man is standing at a bus
stop & waiting. People are looking at
him with surprise. Whom is he
waiting for ? He has a bunch of red
roses in his hand. He is cold. His
hands are cold. He is waiting but she
is not coming.
Answer the following questions
& discuss in groups:
 Is the young man waiting for a bus?
 Whom is he waiting for?
 Why is he standing at a bus stop?
 No speaking is possible without
the knowledge of grammar,
without the forming of a grammar
mechanism.
 If a learner has acquired such a
mechanism, he can produce
correct sentences in a foreign
language.
Grammar should be well
explained.
 Grammar schemes &
illustrative presentations
are of great help in
presenting new grammar
material
 A picture is worth a thousand words
Present Continuous Tense
AM
IS
ARE
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V
ING
PLURAL
- (e)s
NOUN
[s] [z] [iz]
Number
A cat
Cats [s]
A tiger
Tigers [z]
A photo
Photos [ z ]
A box
Boxes [ iz]
It’s much easier to learn
Grammar :
 Through verses & songs;
 Through proverbs & sayings;
 Through grammar games;
 Through different types of
exercises
“ What are they doing?”
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Mom is mending a pocket.
Dad is reading the press.
Bob is making a rocket.
The flat is in the mess.
Mom is cooking dinner,
Dad is playing chess.
Bob is fighting with Nina,
The parents have a stress.
Memorize the following proverbs &
sayings paying attention to the use of the
Present Continuous Tense.
 Know where one is going.
 One’s left hand does not know what
one’s right hand is doing.
 Don’t cut the bough you are standing on.
 Fiddle while Rome is burning.
 The tortoise wins the race while the hare
is sleeping.
Grammar Game “ Make-Believe ”
 Teacher: Good morning, children ! The bell has
gone. The lesson has begun. You are sitting.
I’m standing because I want to see you better.
Now I’ll write the date. Oh, I’m tired. I’d better
go to the country & go for a walk. The weather
is fine, the birds are singing. What am I doing ?
Quite right, I’m listening to the birds. Oh, look,
how many flowers there are in the field. I’m
fond of flowers. What am I doing now ? Yes,
I’m picking flowers. Lena, help me, there are so
many flowers. What is Lena going ?
Student 1: She is picking flowers.
Student 2: She is helping you.
You may continue this game between two
teams. The first team is “ artists”, another
team is ”spectators”. The task is given:
“ Make – believe that you are chopping
wood “.
The first one performs actions, the second
team comments them.
Make up the guestions for
quiz :
At first let’s repeat question words by means of
Question Blues
What,
where, why,
when, who,
how, whose.
How many,
which, how
much, how
long
It helps if you
sing this
little song.
I think I’ve got
the Question
Blues.
Special Questions
Where
Which
What
is
are
the……est
there
?
-er
-est
-more
-most
Adjective
Degrees of Comparison
Which / high / waterfall /
world?
a) Angel Falls (Venezuela)
b) Victoria Falls ( Zimbabwe)
c) Niagara Falls (USA/Canada)
a) Angel Falls b) Victoria Falls c) Niagara Falls
Which /large/ continent /
world?
a) America
b) Africa
c) Asia
Which /far/ planet /from
the sun?
a) Neptune
b) Pluto
c) Uranus
Which / deep / ocean /
world?
a) Pacific
b) Atlantic
c) Indian
Where / the Eiffel Tower?
a) in London
b) in Paris
c) in New York
Where / the Statue of Liberty?
a) in Washington
b) in New York
c) in London
How many / continents/ there
are/ world?
a) five
b) four
c) six
What / the capital of Italy?
a) Madrid
b) Cairo
c) Rome
Professional Materials
from :
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English Teaching “ Forum”, Volume
43,№,2005;
English Grammar in proverbs & sayings, L.M.
Myedvyedyeva , 1990;
English, January 2004;
Teaching Communicative Grammar ( the
article by Moiseyenko N.B.);
Students’ book, 6-th form ,O.Karpyuk