Grammar, blah....
My grammar knowledge is horrible.
It's limited to the days of Stevensville Public School when the last thing I wanted to learn was what the superlative of a word or a reflexive pronoun was. But that lack of knowledge became my worst enemy when coming here.
Last month I was chosen to work one on one with a girl who was in need of being taught advanced level grammar (bad choice on teacher, Mrs Jang). Anyway, I found myself learning English grammar along with her and realized how much I didn't know about the background and rules of, sadly, my native language.
I signed up for an online TEFL course that emphasized grammar. I regretted taking it at first - cause it's work, and work just isn't fun. But now I'm more than happy that I'm taking it; it'll make my last 6 months of teaching a whole lot easier.
And now when a student asks me a question about grammar, I'll be able to give a answer that's more reasonable than, "um.. English is just really tricky, ok?"
It's limited to the days of Stevensville Public School when the last thing I wanted to learn was what the superlative of a word or a reflexive pronoun was. But that lack of knowledge became my worst enemy when coming here.
Last month I was chosen to work one on one with a girl who was in need of being taught advanced level grammar (bad choice on teacher, Mrs Jang). Anyway, I found myself learning English grammar along with her and realized how much I didn't know about the background and rules of, sadly, my native language.
I signed up for an online TEFL course that emphasized grammar. I regretted taking it at first - cause it's work, and work just isn't fun. But now I'm more than happy that I'm taking it; it'll make my last 6 months of teaching a whole lot easier.
And now when a student asks me a question about grammar, I'll be able to give a answer that's more reasonable than, "um.. English is just really tricky, ok?"
posted by Mary @ 8:32 PM
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