The presentation includes demonstrations of successful teaching strategies as well as activities that emphasize the integration of skills. The presenter demonstrates how to teach English clause structure to students unfamiliar with grammar concepts. Using color coded building blocks as a visual aid to represent clausal relationships, then letting the students create sentences and manipulate the building blocks gives them a hands-on understanding of the grammar. This demonstration presents a technique for teaching grammar based on an unsimplified novel that not only provides an extension for the points to be covered but also engages interest and creates a rich world of content and language. The presenter justifies the approach and demonstrates materials and techniques.
Participants receive descriptive material of techniques.
The presenter discusses the effects of cooperative learning on improving the acquisition of the rules and mechanics of English as a foreign language in 12 elementary classes. Implications for instruction and suggestions for further research are included. This colloquium responds to arguments against error correction in L2 composition and reports on research in grammar and editing instruction. Multiple perspectives include undergraduate and graduate ESL students, tutors, and teachers, with data from various learning contexts. Presenters discuss instructional strategies, student differences in editing processes, and tutor training needs.