☆ Key Points of Teaching Grammar ☆

Which of the Key Points for teaching grammar, ideas for introducing new grammar, ideas for practicing new grammar, and ideas for communicative activities were useful and why you thought so. Also, which ideas you did not think were useful and why you thought so.

★Key point for teaching grammar
I think a useful key point is "Good rules can help students". Because, I think English grammar is often too misleading for biginner English learners. For example, the differences of "many" and "much","few" and "little", and so on. It is difficult to sense the differences without "good rules"(many and few are used when the noun is concrete noun....) ,I think.

★Ideas for introducing new grammar
I think a useful idea for introducing new grammar is to use "Real things"and to use pictures. Because it is easier to understand the information from eyes than from only ears. And I think visual impressions are unforgettable!
But I didn't think "Use dolls" is a useful idea in junior high school. I think most of junior high school students are shy. So they might not be interested in the dolls, I think.

★Ideas for practicing new grammar
I think "Memory test" is a useful idea for practicing new grammar.Because, first it is interesting , so students will not be bored. And students can see only a picture in this activity, so students have to say not only the phrases (Is there～?), but also the names what they want to say(pencil, book, and so on) by themselves. I think it will be good practice for students.
　But I did not think "Pattern practice" is a useful idea. It may be a good practice, but I think it is too monotonous, so students might be bored with it.

★Ideas for communicative activities
I think "Find someone who...." is a useful idea for communicative activity. Because students can get many chances to talk with their classmates in this activity. So I think this activity can foster students' communicative abilities a lot. And in this activity, students can practice English speaking, listening, and writing at once. I think it is also good point.

☆DHC2's lesson☆

good point
1.short play
I think the short play was very good!! They performed it with big movement. We often tend to be shy, but I think teachers should not to be shy in the class. I think they did good job!
2.practice
They were posting some pictures on the blackboard, and pointed them at random. So we could practice various patterns again and again. I think it was good way to practice.

suggestions for an even better lesson
I think the practice part was good but I also felt it was too long.
And I have something on my chest. After the class, Mr.Abdoreim asked us the meaning of "Do you play ～?" ,and so on. Plobably, he could pronunce them but he couldn't understand their meanings, I think. "All English class" is good, but it also good way to use Japanese(mother tongue) , I think.

DHC2 lesson was very good!! I learned a lot from the class. Thank you DHC2's members.

Reflection on my lesson (Team A's lesson)

1.Warm-up
We tried to make Mr.Abdoreim feel relaxed and recall the last class in this part.
2.Review
We didn't have confidence that Mr. Abdoreim remember the content of the last class. So we decided to do a short play, again. And to make sure that he can recall "Good morning.","Good evening","I'm ～", and so on, we made himself do the short play. By his short play, we could see that he almost remember the content, so I feel relief!! I think, we could do this because our student is only one person. But if we must teach 40 students it was difficult to check students' memories....
3.Introduction of New Material
First,we did new short play, and ask Mr.Abdoreim "What do they say?" Really, we had never expected that Mr.Abdreim could understand the differences between "This is" and "That is" in this stage. But he could understand!!! It was great occurrence, but we were a little puzzled.... We were going to make him notice the differences gradually. Mr.Abdoreim is great person....(;^_^
4.Practice
☆pronunciation practice
I think we should say the sentences more loudly and more slowly. And I think we should also make students practice the words for example "pencil","eraser", and so on.
lastly
I think we should speak clearly during the class.

☆Team T's lesson☆

Good　points!!
I think there were many good points.
First, I think it was good to teach both the morning greetings and the evening greetings. There were only the morning greetings on the textbook, but they show us the evening greetings, too. I think it could bloaden the width of the students' knowledge and the width of students' expression.
Next, I think teachers' voice were very clearly!! It was very good point! They spoke loudly and slowly. So, it was easy for us to hear.
Third, it was good to use Japanese soon after using English. I think it is important to use English in the English class, but "all English class" is very hard for beginners to understand. So it is effective way to use both English and Japanese, I think.

Some suggestions for an even better lesson
I think, in the part of Conclusion(Fill in the blanks) they could make students say the answers, or make two students do short play with the answer sentences. I think it could be a good review for the students, and for the teacher it could be a effective way to check the students' understanding.

I think team T did good job!!! I could learned lots of things from your lesson. Thank you, team T's members!!