Grammar for Teachers: Language Awareness

Course summary:

Improve your knowledge of English grammar and your ability to use it with confidence.

Suitable for:

•   Inexperienced teachers who want to improve their knowledge of English grammar
•   Experienced teachers who want to refresh their knowledge of English grammar
•   Future teachers who want to gain an understanding of English grammar.

You should already have:

•   English at B2 level or higher  What’s this?
•   an interest in studying how the English language works.
 

Awards:

You will be awarded a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.
 

Aims:

Language areas covered on the course include:

•   word classes, such as nouns, adjectives, determiners, modals
•   present forms, such as present simple and present continuous
•   past forms, such as past simple, past perfect and conditionals
•   forms that bridge the past and the present, such as present perfect
•   future forms, such as going to and will 
•   the passive 
•   reported speech.

 

By the end of the course you should be able to:

• use English grammar terms more confidently
• understand the form, meaning and use of a variety of grammar structures
• reflect upon your awareness of language.

 

Methods:

Online self-study

The tasks within this course encourage you to reflect upon your own knowledge of the English language.


To successfully complete the course, you will be required to:

•   check your progress and understanding, through a range of interactive activities 
•   participate in discussion forums with other teachers
•   keep a learner journal.

An end-of-course quiz will provide feedback on your progress and suggest areas for revision, where appropriate.
 

Course duration:

About 5 hours.

You have six months to complete the course.
 

Units:

•   Unit 1: Nouns and pronouns
•   Unit 2: Adjectives, conjunctions and prepositions
•   Unit 3: Verbs and adverbs
•   Unit 4: Present tenses
•   Unit 5: Future forms
•   Unit 6: Past tenses
•   Unit 7: Perfect forms
•   Unit 8: The passive