Teaching English Grammar in Context

University College London

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In London

£ 195 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    5h

  • Duration

    1 Day

This is a highly interactive one-day course for secondary-school English teachers who want to learn more about using a contextualised approach to teaching grammar.
The new national curriculum requires teachers to teach English grammar in primary school and throughout Key Stages 3 to 5 at secondary school.
There are plenty of debates around how grammar should be taught, but this course advocates the use of a contextualised approach, using tools from literary linguistics and stylistics. This means teaching and learning about grammar through the use of authentic texts and encouraging discussions and explorations around meanings, choices and effects.
Based on the latest developments in educational and linguistic research, the course is designed to help you:
explore interesting and engaging methods for teaching grammar in relation to a range of texts, genres and styles
learn about recent development in stylistics and how this can be incorporated into a meaningful grammar pedagogy
gain usable and accessible teaching ideas which you can take back to their classrooms
maintain and develop your students’ KS2 grammatical knowledge

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

By the end of this course you should be able to
understand methods, approaches and principles for teaching grammar in context
apply grammatical knowledge in analysing a range of literary and non-literary texts
understand how grammar works as a meaning-making resource
feel confident in the methods used to analyse English grammar, and use that confidence to enthuse your students in the classroom

This course is designed for secondary-school teachers who wish to explore ideas for applying and integrating grammar and knowledge about language into their teaching.

The course is designed as an interactive workshop, with plenty of time for discussion and questions.
A certificate of attendance is available upon request.

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Subjects

  • Approach
  • Teaching
  • English
  • Grammar
  • English Grammar
  • Field of English
  • English Language
  • English translation
  • English Conversation
  • English English Language

Course programme

The grammatical content on this course is tailored to the UK national curriculum. You’ll have access to the latest research and expertise from leading UCL academics in the field of English grammar, stylistics and pedagogy.

You'll explore various aspects of English grammar in relation to a range of literary and non-literary texts, as well as ways to integrate this into your own teaching.

You’ll see how knowledge about grammar and stylistics can be used as a tool to analyse texts. This approach, using clear criteria and a consistent toolset, gives you the means to analyse a wide range of texts in the classroom.

Course aims

The course aims to help you:

  • explore ways that grammar can be integrated into analytical and creative teaching activities
  • apply grammatical knowledge to a range of literary and non-literary texts
  • examine how grammar works as a meaning-making resource
  • develop your own knowledge of English grammar and grammatical terminology
  • learn how to use the Englicious website

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