Thursday, May 24, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Strategies for Learning Grammar
Metacognition activity – Learning strategies
Taken from: Rubin & Thompson (1994). How to be a more successful language learner. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
Teacher: Diana Pineda
Strategies for learning grammar
Be on the lookout for rules . Don't wait for someone to point out a rule. Look for it yourself.
Learn the rules. Make sure that you understand how a particular rule works.
Experiment . Try to apply grammar rules to different contexts.
Work towards mastery when doing grammar exercises. When doing oral grammar exercises in class or in the language lab, carefully focus on the grammar. Listen Actively to the teacher's corrections or the models on tape and repeat the correct form.
• Avoid repeated errors. Try to understand why you consistently make a certain kind of error. You are not clear about the rule? You have totally misunderstood the rule?
• Note whether additional work has any effect on your performance. Extra practice on doing grammar exercises or using language in real life situations.
• Be patient. It is impossible to learn, much less remember all the rules in a limited period of time. Work on your grammar diligently. One rule at a time and lots of practice and reviewing are good operating principles.
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