TexTESOL 2013 Colin S Ward Lone Star College North Harris Imagine you want to teach the passive voice in your writing class When would you teach it How would you teach it Key Questions ID: 371610
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Grammar at the Point of Need
TexTESOL 2013Colin S. WardLone Star College – North HarrisSlide2
Imagine you want to teach the passive voice in your writing class…
When would you teach it? How would you teach it?Slide3
Key Questions:
What grammar do you tackle in a writing class?How do you tackle grammar in a writing class? When do you tackle grammar in a writing class?Slide4
Pre 1st Draft
Prefabs
Construction
GrammarSlide5
Prefabs at Level Zero
from grammar charts to flow chartsSlide6
Choose Prefabs based on need
Process: …so that I can….I want to get a degree so that I can earn more money.Problem-Solution : By + gerund….By offering more public transportation, fewer people in Ho Chi Minh will drive to work.
Cause-Effect:
Because of greater...
.
Because of greater job opportunities
, more immigrants are choosing to stay in Houston.Slide7Slide8
A couple examples….Slide9
Interlanguage in real time
got it…
…but not quiteSlide10
Prefabs don’t always work…
I am going to open my own beauty salon so that I want to have a lot of customers.By providing more education to children will help reduce illiteracy.Learning a new language
, it will open up new doors for my life.
…so they need more practice!Slide11
What the research says…
Construction grammar (Hinkel)Use
language chunks/prefabs
Allow students to create new “units”
vocab and grammar on a continuumSlide12
What other research says…
Analyzing is less helpful than sentence generating, combining & manipulating (Weaver)Teaching formal grammar systematically & through isolated lessons & drill doesn’t work (Weaver)Reduce overload (Myles)
Control content
Models for grammar Slide13
What prefabs would you teach?
OpinionNarrativeClassificationDefinitionCause-effectProblem-SolutionSlide14
2nd-3
rd DraftGrammar Throwdowns
Student-generated!Slide15
Grammar ThrowdownSlide16
Mini-lessonSlide17
What the research says…
Grammar chosen should reflect what students need most (DCF)Use the students’ own writing (Weaver)Teachable moments & mini-lessons (Weaver)Slide18
Post 2nd Draft
Parallel Structure
Student-generated!Slide19
Parallel Structure Slide20
Parallel Structure Slide21Slide22Slide23
What I did not expect…Slide24
Post 3rd Draft
Wordiness
Student-generated!Slide25
What the research says…
Little research regarding wordiness in ESOL writingNo systematic way of tackling wordinessSkill often glossed overSlide26
What native speakers are told…
despite the fact that despitedue to the fact that because in the event that if
in
the vicinity of
near
f
or
all intents and purposes
X
…
does not necessarily work for ESOL students.Slide27
Another common approach
Reduce the wordy expressions in the essay on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure to keep the meaning of the original even if you make grammar changes: The bad effects of garbage are not limited to the personal lives of individuals and families. In fact, the effects have spread out immensely to become a social and global phenomenon affecting the whole earth and the whole universe. Garbage has invaded and threatened our lives. Pollution and toxic chemicals and substances, some of which are the result of garbage, are threatening our existence.
The ESL Writer’s Handbook
, Michigan ELT, 2010Slide28
Why are ESOL students wordy?
Direct translationInsufficient vocabularyLack of word form knowledgeLack of grammar knowledge
Unaware of redundancy
Attempt to fill the pageSlide29
WordinessSlide30
WordinessSlide31
Correcting Wordiness in ActionSlide32
Correcting Wordiness in ActionSlide33
Correcting Wordiness in ActionSlide34
Correcting Wordiness in ActionSlide35
Perhaps my biggest points are..
Timing is everythingUse student-generated grammar.Be a grammar detective.Slide36
Questions or Comments?
Email:
Colin.S.Ward
@lonestar.edu
Links to PowerPoint/Handout:
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