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Date Posted: 18:06:47 10/04/09 Sun
Author: Flaviane
Subject: Re: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
In reply to: Danúbia 's message, "Re: FOOD FOR THOUGHT" on 07:54:26 09/30/09 Wed

Context, in my opinion, is a good way to teach grammar...of course that sometimes students cannot notice and understand some grammatical rules..at this time, teacher can use a deductively teaching...but most of times,I believe they can learn and notice how to use the structures into a context.

>Hi Ignês! I felt very comfortable reading your
>comments because it seems to me that my teaching
>practice used to be similar to yours. I've learnt a
>lot with this course too. I used to write all the
>grammar explanation on the board with many examples.
>When I started studying about grammar in this course,
>I felt very bad because I realized I was doing
>everything wrong. But I like grammar, that's my
>problem.
>I haven't been teaching since December so I haven't
>had the chance to change things in my classes and try
>a different way. I was thinking about what Valéria
>said and I agree with her; some structures are
>difficult to be presented without explanation. I don't
>think we have to present everything deductively but
>I've learnt it's extremely important to teach in
>context.

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  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Renata Ferreira, 08:18:18 10/06/09 Tue
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