GSE Teaching English Grammar (Thursday 8:10pm~) - Spring 2025
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Weekly files
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 6
Week 9
** Advanced micro-teaching will be in Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13 & 14 - lesson plan workshop
We will make the schedule for the final teaching demonstration in Week 14 on June 5th Week 15 & 16 - Final Lesson Teaching Demonstration
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Homework assignments
Week 2 reference reading (no assignment).
Week 2 reading assignment (due 20 March)
The reading is about arguments for teaching grammar and arguments against teaching grammar. Choose one argument for and one against and write a paragraph for each on the HUFS discussion board. Explain why you agree or disagree with this argument, or why you think it is important. Include your opinions and experiences.
Week 4 reading - due March 27
The reading contains many questions in red. Choose any questions to answer and add your answers (2-3 paragraphs) on the HUFS e-class discussion board.
April 3 - Homework Task starting Week 5: Student Micro-teaching
Beginner-level teachers, prepare a short micro-teaching lesson following a structured approach. Your lesson should include:
This session will be recorded for self-evaluation and feedback. See edwardtesol.com/teachingdemos for example teaching demo videos. Week 6 reading - due April 10
See the reading file below. Look at the principles for teaching grammar starting on page 85. Find an activity or teaching material that relates to these principles and/or one of the task types starting on page 91. Bring the material and be ready to discuss it in week 6. See the first page of the reading for more info. (Note: you don't need to print the reading if you have a tablet/laptop in class)
April 24 - Homework Task starting Week 5: Student Micro-teaching
Intermediate-level teachers, prepare a short micro-teaching lesson. Ensure you have all necessary materials prepared for your activities. The lesson should be 10-15 minutes long and can be designed for learners of any age, as long as the language level remains beginner-friendly. This session will be recorded for self-evaluation and feedback. See edwardtesol.com/teachingdemos for example teaching demo videos. Week 9 reading - due May 1
Read Chapter 4 from Practical English Language Teaching - Grammar by Nunan (FILE BELOW). Especially pay attention to the “principles for teaching grammar to advanced learners” starting on page 119. Choose one of the tasks below. Be prepared to share in week 9. 1. Help learners to identify the relationship between grammar and discourse. Find an example of discourse that has interesting grammar features that go beyond a sentence. For example a dialogue, an interview video, a newspaper article, and so on. Features of discourse include responses and discourse markers. Recordings of interviews are especially good for finding responses. Newspaper articles are good for finding discourse markers. 2. Encourage learners to explore differences between spoken and written English. Find an example of a difference between spoken and written English that is not mentioned in this reading. 3. Give learners systemic exposure to authentic language data. Find an authentic text (a text not designed specifically for teaching language), for example a newspaper article, a blog post or a video. Analyse the language used in the authentic text and find a grammar feature of the text that could be highlighted in a lesson. Choose one of the above tasks and be prepared to share it next week.
Week 13+14 - HOMEWORK - Lesson plan workshop
Bring an outline of your final grammar lesson plan to discuss and receive feedback from peers. We will also make the schedule. Week 15 & 16 - Final Lesson Teaching Demonstration
June 12th + June 19th In Weeks 15-16, you will teach one more grammar lesson for any age/level students. This is for further practice and for you to act upon the feedback you received in your first micro-teaching. The lesson can have the same of a different grammar point to your previous lesson. Examples: https://www.edwardtesol.com/teachingdemos.html
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