COD 2015 - P196

How to teach grammar to young learners

Primary School Heads and Teachers

2 sessions, start: 08-Oct

Course detail

Year: 2015
Level: Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Luciana Fernández
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ESSARP Schools
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Non affiliate
ARS 400.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 08 October 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
2 22 October 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Luciana Fernández

Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English who has been teaching English for the past twenty-nine years. She has specialized in Methodology and Teaching Practice and she holds a Diploma in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. She holds two post graduate certifications in Thinking Cultures and Teaching for Comprehension

She is a Reading and Literacy expert and has been training teachers in this area for the past fifteen years. She is a teacher educator and has designed several presentations and courses for professional development both in Argentina and abroad. Her presentation at ARTESOL 2015 was selected to be presented at TESOL International as a Best Affiliate Session. She is one of the 50 scholarship winners who attended and presented at IATEFL, held in Birmingham in April 2016. She was later on invited to be a presenter at the Young Learners and Teenagers SIG pre conference event and at the main conference.

Luciana has been the Head at several bilingual IB institutions in Buenos Aires. At present she is a school advisor, teacher trainer and facilitator at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate), where she trains heads and teachers from the most important bilingual institutions in Argentina.
Primary School Heads and Teachers
Get participants to:

- underdtand how young learners learn grammar.
- understand what inductive grammar is and how to implement it in the classroom.
- understand the benefits of contextualizing grammar.
- learn about best approaches and classroom practices.
- Inductive vs Deductive Grammar.
- Appropriate grammar drills.
- Grammar games.
- Grammar songs.
In the sessions participants will:

- read about the topic.
- see other practitioners in action.
- analyze cases and materials.
- get practical ideas for their own classes.
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