{"id":5809,"date":"2016-06-28T11:06:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T11:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=5809"},"modified":"2016-06-28T11:06:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T11:06:12","slug":"5-new-fun-ways-to-teach-grammar-to-esl-students-busyteacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=5809","title":{"rendered":"5 New Fun Ways to Teach Grammar to ESL Students (BusyTeacher)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 11 | June\u00a027<\/span>, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Of course, teachers know correct grammar rules, but it’s one thing to know them, and another thing to effectively teach them, and transmit them so that students not only understand the rules, but also apply them correctly.<\/p>\n

In my experience, grammar shouldn\u2019t be taught \u201cby the book<\/em>\u201d. At least not in teaching English as a second language. That\u2019s not what students are there for. They don’t want to know all of these rules; they\u2019re not interested in them. They want to learn English<\/strong>. They want to speak, read, and write in English. So, how do we as ESL teachers teach them essential grammar and give them what we need, rather than boring them to death with \u201cthe rules\u201d. It\u2019s actually quite simple: by teaching grammar<\/a> in context. And in fun ways.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s move on to some examples, and you’ll see what I mean.<\/p>\n

How to teach the ever-elusive past perfect tense<\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s hard to find an ESL student who spontaneously uses the past perfect tense<\/a>. In fact, there are some \u201cnative\u201d English speakers who don\u2019t use it either (along with other forms of \u201ccorrect\u201d English). But it must be taught, never overlooked, or your students will be lacking something that they need to take their English fluency to the next level.<\/p>\n

Read full article<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 11 | June\u00a027, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Of course, teachers know correct grammar rules, but it’s one thing to know them, and another thing to effectively teach them, and transmit them so that students not only understand the rules, but also apply them correctly. 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