Webinar: The Ins and Outs of Grammar
This is our webinar to officially launch our brand new asynchronous course "Advanced Grammar for Teachers." This is a a reflective course that will provide you with a better understanding of the descriptions of language commonly found in published materials. You will not only be able to explain these concepts better to your students, but also adopt a critical stance towards them.
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Questions we ask:
how important is language awareness for teachers? for learners?
where does our knowledge of language come from?
where should it come from?
In this course we examine:
the importance and relevance of language awareness for both language teachers and learners
the difference between language analysis and language awareness
the role of corpora in language teaching and learning
the relationship between grammar and meaning
the association between grammar and function
how the verb system works
two approaches to grammar: grammar as process and grammar as product
the difference between time, tense, and aspect
the notion of ‘distance’ in grammar
the meaning and use of "voice" (active and passive)