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Topic 1
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Introduction to
Grammar
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Activity 1
1. Browse the internet and see what you can find about the
teaching of grammar?

2. What is the definition of grammar?

3. What is grammar?

4. How is grammar different from linguistic?

5. How important is grammar to your proficiency?

6. How important for you to hear others speaking and writing

using correct grammar?
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Activity 2

1. What are the differences between grammar that we discussed and the grammar you read
from the module? (Page 2-4)

- Definitions

- Content Knowledge or Forms and Functions

- How can you put into details the system of grammar teaching? (Page 2)

- How is the system different from cultural forms?

- What are the grammar terms that you know? (Page 2)

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Activity 3

What is Phonology?

- How it is different with Phonetics?

- What is its relations with Allophones?

What is Morphology

- What are “free” and “bound” morpheme?

- What does it mean by ”lexical” and “function”

- What are ‘affixes” and their relations to morpheme?

- How many ways to form new words?

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Activity 3

What is Syntax?

- What is subject and predicate?

- What is a simple, compound, complex and and compound-

complex sentence?

- What is a clause?

What is Pragmatics?

- What are the cultural differences between speakers of English

from different settings?
 Fluency versus Accuracy

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Activity 1

1. What is an accuracy-oriented activity?

2. What is a fluency-oriented activity?

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Activity 2

1. What are accuracy activities? (Page 5)

2. How do you achieve accuracy? (Page 5)

3. Browse the internet and look at accuracy activities.

4. Can you think of any other ways to achieve accuracy?

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Grammar for
Young Learners
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Activity 1

 How different is the teaching and learning of grammar between

children at different levels or ages?
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The Teaching of Grammar in the KBSR
(Page 6)
 Describe the:

- Diagram

- Social skills

- IT skills

- Educational Emphases

- Values and Citizenship

- Objectives of the syllabus

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KSSR English
(Page 7 and 8)
 Describe the:

- Table

- Language Focus and Language Arts

- How many levels are there?

- What are the strands?

- Modular Configuration

- Objectives of KSSR

- Content Configuration
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Names of Experts

 1. Can you name the academics researching the teaching of

grammar from the module?

 Did you find other researcher’s names from the internet?