Question

Direction: Choose the correct answer form the options given below. 

According to you, how can grammar be best taught to students?

1. By giving more and more written exercises
2. By giving clear explanation
3. By memorising definitions, rules
4. By giving practice in context

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : By giving practice in context

The correct answer is "By giving practice in context".

• In order to teach grammar effectively, it’s important to get to grips with using clear contexts, timelines, marker sentences, and concept check questions to elicit and check to understand target forms.
• Doing so will reduce our anxiety and raise our student’s awareness of English grammar.
• Present a context which fits the language we are teaching:
  • A picture, story or video clip can be used to present the concept of grammar, along with some carefully planned elicitation questions.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 4.
   

• Remember, when we are eliciting language, whether that’s vocabulary or grammar, do not use the target form in elicitation questions. This only results in students being confused by language that they do not know (the language we are teaching).