Effective ways of teaching grammar at secondary school

. Approbation plan

One way to start to think about a competent use of teaching and learning methodologies to engage students is to consider the process of lesson. When it is done well, process of the lesson can be an effective means of engaging students. As one of the teacher's roles is that of designer and implementer of instruction, the preparation of lesson plan will ensure the organization of the English lesson according to some criteria. The more organized a teacher is, the more effective the teaching, and thus the learning, is. Writing daily lesson plans is a large part of being organized. Especially considering grammar teaching.

I have made five lesson plans in order to approbate my research in this course paper and I tried to use different kinds of exercises in it. It is important to indicate that these plans can be used directly to explain or reinforce new grammar material at secondary school.

The first lesson’s theme is “What will I do tomorrow?”. This lesson focuses on helping students reinforce grammar concerning the Future Simple Tense (‘will’ and ‘(be) going to’). The structure of the lesson plan is to ESA type of class model by G.Harmer.

The second lesson’s topic is “How did you spend your summer holidays?”. Main goal of this lesson is to explain Past Simple Tense and to revise student’s knowledge about time. The structure of the lesson plan is to ESA type of class model by G.Harmer.

The third lesson’s theme is “Life experience”. This lesson focuses on helping students improve their recognition of the new structure material (Present Perfect Tense) and use it more frequently in speech. The structure of the lesson plan is to ESA type of class model by G.Harmer.

The fourth lesson plan is directed to evaluation of pupils’ knowledge concerning the Present Continuous Tense. The theme is “What are you doing?”. The structure of the lesson plan is to ESA type of class model by G.Harmer.

The fifth lesson topic sounds like “Sport”. Main goal of this lesson is to explain Present Simple Tense and improve pupils’ knowledge about time. The structure of the lesson plan is to ESA type of class model by G.Harmer.