I have long been teaching a course called English Grammar for Teachers, initially face-to-face, and later online. This course is still available for booking here.
This course is now also available on the FutureLearn platform.
The course runs for six weeks, with a time commitment of approximately 90 minutes per week. It can be started on several different dates and you can study at your own pace. For more information, click here.
Aims of the course
On this course we will teach you the subject knowledge that you need to teach English grammar confidently and engagingly, using the innovative free resources offered by the Englicious platform that was developed in the English Department at UCL.
The course is designed to help primary and secondary school teachers who:
- want to be able to teach English grammar in a fun and engaging way
- want to refresh their knowledge of English grammar
- feel uncertain about their knowledge of grammar and want to improve their confidence in teaching it.
The course covers the key concepts of English grammar in the National Curriculum.
Topics include:
- the role of grammar in the UK education system
- grammatical subject knowledge and terminology
- how to teach English grammar in context
- how to use the free resources on the Englicious website
The course will also be useful if you are not bound to the NC.
The syllabus
The course will cover the entire grammar of English, starting with the word classes, and moving on to phrases, clauses, subjects, objects and adverbials. It combines a modern and innovative approach to the study of grammar with the opportunities that technology offers. It is designed for participants who either start from scratch in the study of grammar or who have a gap in their knowledge.
The focus will be on how grammatical structures communicate meaning and how they offer different ways of expressing the same idea. We will make links to age-appropriate texts.
Course facilitation
Throughout the course we will use Mentimeter, an interactive tool that will allow you to actively engage with your peers and comment about your practice of grammar teaching. Your Lead Educator will monitor the answers and will provide feedback on the group contribution.
Learning outcomes
After taking this course, you will be able to:
- explain basic grammatical terminology to young learners at the appropriate Key Stages
- recognise sentence components and identify grammatical form and function labels
- distinguish nuanced differences between grammatical patterns in terms of structure and meaning
- navigate the Englicious website, and incorporate activities into your teaching practice
- explain how different grammatical constructions create different effects for readers in age-appropriate texts.
There is a charge for this CPD course, but remember that we offer the Englicious website for free.
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