Patterns and procedures (CPF6)
Focus on phonics and grammar

Heather Rendall

Patterns and procedures focuses on initial learning strategies and active grammar learning. It is based on the successful Pathfinder 33: Stimulating grammatical awareness and a subsequent book by the same author.

Part 1: Stimulating grammatical awareness explores the seemingly contradictory theory of teaching the ears to see and the eyes to hear, in order to avoid some of the pitfalls into which many, if not most, initial learners fall, It then suggests activities which can help learners either avoid or accelerate past these traps.

Part 2: Active grammar looks at elements of grammar in the most commonly taught languages which are absent or different from those in English and suggests ways of building up the new neural pathways needed to cope with these structures and forms. These include making rote learning attractive and interactive by using the computer, developing a ‘sight’ for gender and making best use of the innate abilities of the brain to spot mistakes in sequencing.

Contents

Part 1: Stimulating grammatical awareness - a fresh look at language acquisition
Doing what comes naturally | The seeing ear | The listening eye | Storage and recall

Part 2: Active grammar
Language awareness | What grammar means to us | The concept of grammar | Dealing with gender | Structure | Dealing with the unknown

2006 | 120pp | ISBN-13: 978-1-904243-42-7 | ISBN-10:1 904243 42 8 | £12 | Order this title online

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See also:
Getting to grips with grammar (APF5)

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