How to Be Sure Your Students Get Enough Grammar Practice
Research shows that students need to practice grammar repeatedly in order to internalize it. Unfortunately, most students don’t get enough practice. …
This article describes the problem and suggests automatically graded online software (for as little as $11.50 when purchased with the Student Book) as a solution.
How Grammar Is Learned
Researchers from Ellis to Ur to Swan disagree on many points, but they do agree that grammar is learned only after significant amounts of practice. Being able to repeat a rule is nice, but students must
practice understanding and using the grammar if they want to be able to function in the English-speaking world.
How Grammar Is Not Learned
If students only practice grammar for a few hours a week in a
face-to-face classroom, they are at a significant disadvantage. They
may improve their fluency in interactions outside of class, but without enough opportunities to explicitly practice grammar, their accuracy will not improve.
Add Practice without Adding to the Teaching Load
The key, of course, is finding ways for students to get more practice
without forcing teachers to add more hours to their already overloaded schedules. Online “workbooks” with automatically graded exercises are a perfect solution. Students receive personalized feedback immediately and come to class better prepared. Teachers simply track the grades and monitor progress, adding mere minutes to their week.
Get More Practice Now
Both Focus on Grammar and the Azar-Hagen
Grammar Series are available with online workbooks, Focus on
Grammar Interactive and Azar Interactive. (And at the Interactive websites,you can set up a 30-day free trial.)
You can add the online workbooks to the student books for
as little as $11.50. Ask your local ELL Specialist for more
information.
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