This chapter talks about language analysis in four specific ways Grammatical form,

meaning of words, the grammatical meaning, and the communicative function.

Grammatical form has 3 important components: Grammatical table, grammatical
terminology and substitution tables
When we talk about grammatical terms, such as: subject + be simple past + present
participle go + to + infinitive, this means all the components of a sentence from
beginning to the end.
On the other hand, we also have substitution tables, which are charts that help
students to understand better and help them make a larger number of grammatically
correct sentences.
Also we have grammatical tables, we also have grammatical tables that are
complements of substitution tables and analysis of grammatical form
When we talk about MEANING OF WORDS, it means that you have to help students
understand the words in a sentence, but also taking into account the context in which
the word is found. As well, as the relations that the words have between them.
Some techniques that I can use to help students are teaching the basic of:
Antonyms
Synonyms
Superordinate/ hyponyms
Prefixes/suffixes
Homonyms
In my opinion, these techniques are very useful because the teacher help the learners
to discovery the meaning by themselves, but give them tools for self
When we talk about grammatical meaning, you can tell if students are clear about the
meaning. Even though, you can hear students just say yes because theyre afraid
being asked more questions. Another important reason is to become clear and try to
convince your students that for example, a present tense can only be used in that
tense and no more.
Finally, when we say that we have to analyze the communicative function, it must take
into account the way it is said, he communicative purpose we have for speaking, the
reason why we say or write something; and the language we use to express what we
want to say.
In conclusion, I can say that I agree that we have to avoid complex grammar, using
words that students might not understand and also use short sentences. However, I am
convinced that doing that is not easy at all, because you need to have experience. I
am sure that I will do it with time.