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GRAMMAR SEMINAR -- TRAINING ORGANIZATION
The Grammar Seminar is built on the belief that the best
ESL-TEFL teachers are also the best learners. It is my mission
to provide the tools and training to develop strong confident
ESL-TEFL instruction.
The term “grammar” elicits different reactions in all of us,
Some may recall parsing sentences in school, memorizing parts
of speech, and trying hard to avoid ending s sentence with a
preposition. The unfortunate fact is that “grammar” often
produces a negative reaction for many students – it is often
believed to be rigid, rule- oriented, difficult and boring.
The teaching – academic table of contents
Module 1 – The English Verb System
I.
Main Verbs
II. Auxiliary Verbs Defined
III. The Five Basic functions of Auxiliary Verbs
IV. Auxiliary Verb BE
V. Auxiliary Verb DO
VI. Auxiliary Verb HAVE
VII. Grammatical Mood
VIII. Modal Auxiliaries
Modular 2 – Nouns and Other Nominals
l. English Nouns
ll. Primary Functions of Nouns and Other Nominals
lll. Other Nominal Forms
IV. Modification of Nouns
V. Teaching Nominal Phrases to Students
Modular 3 –The English Sentence and its Constituents
l. Recognizing Independent and Dependent Clauses
ll. Noun Clauses
lll. Adjective Clauses
IV. Adverb Clauses
This English academic teaching Seminar aims to increase the
students knowledge – in particular the more complex grammar
problems facing teachers and students alike, beginning with a
module on Verbs. Verbs are the cornerstone of English
sentences. We begin with a brief overview of common verb
types but focus mostly on the various roles that auxiliary verbs
(forms of BE, DO, HAVE, and MODALS) play in sentences and
the ways they operate systematically with other sentence
constituents.
The second module focuses on nouns and other nominal. Like
verbs, nouns are key players in any sentence. We will focus
mainly on the functions of nouns in sentences (subjects,
objects, complements, adjectives) in order to gain a fuller
understanding of their flexibility beyond a more simplistic
view of nouns as “people, places, and things.” We will analyze
how a variety of alternative “nominal” forms can perform the
functions in nouns. Finally, the module turns to adjectives,
determiners, and other constructions that populate noun
phrases as they modify nouns.
The third module takes a broader view of than the first two,
with the organizing principle being to understand full
sentences. It begins with a discussion of clauses and provides
some perspective on the grammatical essence of English
sentences. The goal here is to show how even the most
complex sentences remain consistent with these essential
grammatical features. In doing so we cill focus our attention
on three types of subordinate clauses – adjective, noun, and
adverb clauses.