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Going further in Grammar - Embodiment and Cognitive Perspectives
Canva: A cute cat teaching some mice the present perfect tense in English
Teaching grammar in your own language is tricky, yet alone teaching grammar in a foreign language (or maybe that's easier??)!!!
- Some authors (e.g. Benati 2020) have come to the conclusion that there is no real point in teaching grammar, that immersive practices work best, also for accuracy. Can you substantiate or disprove this statement?
- How should grammar be taught should you decide to teach it? How can you make grammar teaching kinesthetic?
- What does embodiment have to do with grammar teaching?
- What are cognitive perspectives on grammar teaching?
- Benati, A. G. (2020). Key questions in language teaching: An introduction. Cambridge University Press.
- Aydinbek, C. (2022). Contributions of cognitive theory to the problem of automatization of grammatical structures in teaching foreign language. Educational Research and Reviews, 17(4), 131-137.
- Kinesthetic Grammar Activities
- Embodied Learning and Teaching in Language Education has excellent references.
- Babylonia - Languages on the Move