Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
UCL (University College London)
The course will cover the entire grammar of English, starting with the word classes, and moving on to phrases and clauses. The course combines a modern and innovative approach to the study of grammar with the opportunities that technology offers.
6 weeks, 2 hours per week
Bas Aarts
Professor of English Linguistics
UCL (University College London)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain basic grammatical terminology to young learners at the appropriate Key Stages
- Identify sentence components, such as word classes, phrases and clauses
- Identify grammatical form and function labels
- Describe and explain nuanced differences between grammatical patterns in terms of structure and meaning
- Explore the Englicious website, and incorporate its activities into your teaching practice
- Explain how different grammatical constructions create different effects for readers in age-appropriate texts
Syllabus
The course will cover the entire grammar of English. We start with the word classes, and then move on to phrases and clauses. The course combines a modern and innovative approach to the study of grammar with the opportunities that technology offers. It is designed for specifically for teachers who teach the National Curriculum in England, but will also be valuable to teachers elesewhere in the world. No previous knowledge of grammar is assumed.
The focus will be on how grammatical structures communicate meaning and how they offer different ways of expressing the same idea. Links will be made to age-appropriate texts.
Topics include:
- the role of grammar in the UK education system, specifically National Curriculum for England
- grammatical subject knowledge and terminology
- how to teach English grammar in context
- how to use the free resources on the Englicious website
Issued on 3rd July 2024
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