What You Need to Start the Course
The course can be taken on PC/laptop/tablet/smartphone devices anytime and anywhere with internet access.
Chances are you already have everything you need to start your course. Both the course and the Gallery Teachers website have been adapted to cater for access using a variety of computer devices regardless of what country you are in. We do however recommend that you use a device with comfortable screen size for the best learning experience.
Apart from this, we also recommend that you have:
- A stable internet connection for video contents
- A webcam for online meeting with your tutor and webinars
- A notebook for making notes and drafting answers
- Acrobat Reader DC installed on your device
High quality and authentic downloadable materials are also available to support offline learning.
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Introduction
As a fluent speaker of the language, it is only natural to you to be grammatically correct, but how successfully do you think you could explain certain elements of English grammar to a learner?
This Language Awareness and Grammar Module has been created to help you refresh or, perhaps, if you are a native speaker, for the first time in your life, learn about English grammar.
While this Language Awareness and Grammar course was prepared to accompany our TEFL course for those who are training to become English language teachers, it actually can benefit anyone including those who are studying English as a foreign language.
If you are training to become an English teacher, starting with this course is not mandatory; however we recommend completing it prior to the start of the Teaching Grammar module.
The TEFL course is a teaching methodology programme, not a language course; therefore, there will be no explicit grammar teaching during the course. There will, however, be references to grammar terminology and concepts throughout the course, particularly in the Teaching Grammar Module. The Language Awareness and Grammar course will give you an overview of grammar and help you understand the important grammar points in order to prepare you for the course.
Course Aims & Objectives
- To equip you with sufficient knowledge of English grammar
- To prepare you for the Teaching Grammar Module in our main TEFL Course, in which you will learn how to apply your knowledge of grammar to teaching it in a communicative way
- To introduce you to the terminology used in an EFL classroom
Course Structure
The Language Awareness and Grammar Course consists of about 20 hours of online content divided into thirteen lessons, covering key areas of English grammar as well as an end of course test.
The table of content below presents a directory of all of the lessons included in the course, giving you a clear understanding of how it is structured. It will also serve as your navigation tool to quickly access lessons and keep track of your progress.
Each lesson starts with the learning objectives so that you know exactly what you can expect to learn. There are a variety of tasks throughout the course; some are based on text, some on audio recordings and some on visuals. The tasks in the lessons are designed to be interactive. Through the application of Guided Discovery, information is elicited to engage you as the trainee teacher, as opposed to getting you to learn through reading lengthy texts. The same teaching and learning technique is used in the main TEFL course.
Each task provides answers and Trainer’s Commentary, with the intention to help you understand and reflect on what the task teaches you. The Commentary will also help organise your knowledge by summarising the main points from each lesson.
At the end of certain lessons, you are also encouraged to post your ideas related to the topic of the lessons, using our online TEFL Forum as well as to comment on other participants’ posts. While it is not assessed, we highly recommend that you should complete it.’ When you reach the end of the course, you will be given an End of Course Test with a variety of tasks including multiple-choice questions, gap fill and true or false questions. The aim of the End of Course Test is to help you clarify what you have learned in each lesson. The pass rate for the test is 70%. You can retake the test as many times as you need in order to pass it.
To contact your course trainers, please click on the trainer profile, then submit your question using the email address under the trainer’s profile tab. You can also find some top tips for learning online below.
Create your study space
Create a study plan
Eliminate distractions
Ask for help when you feel you need it
Actively participate and collaborate with others
Take regular study breaks
Modules & Lessons
The course is self-paced and you do not have to study at specific times, the time required to complete it may be different for each person. Depending on your commitments and how you control your study pace, it can take more or less time.
When all lessons are completed, you will be presented with a PDF certificate. Click on the links below to access the lesson content.
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Reviews
Experiencing teachers and their career advancement.
The job of a teacher is extremely rewarding since it gives the opportunity of becoming part of a person’s life and imprint in his mind the knowledge that will allow him achieve greater goals. It is a two-way process in which both, teacher and students, have the opportunity to learn from each other.
During my teaching practice, my students taught me that each one learns differently and has a different capacity to process and apply information. Therefore, different activities and methods should be used during class time. Their commitment to learn a second language coming so early every day, with a positive attitude, also taught me that there is no obstacle when you have a genuine desire to achieve something.
Simple and clear course
I have just finished this course! All I can say it was above my greatest expectations. My awareness of grammar and teaching skills thoroughly increased and I honestly can say that I feel much more confident now.
Good feedback
This course made me clear everything when it comes in grammar rules. Thank you so much and God bless.
Well done
It was helpful to me as a teacher. Thank you a learned alot from this course.
A great way to learn how to teach grammar
Everything about this course helped strengthen my grammar and over all English language skills, I would definitely recommend this to anyone because it will equip you to be a better teacher and give many ideas on how to teach English language and its grammar.