Please click on the courses below for a full course description and sample lectures on the Udemy website.
Spoken Grammar: a Guide for English Language Teachers
Teaching Grammar for Business Essays (and for formal workplace writing)
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Please note: These are a paid-for teacher development courses that offer a certificate of completion. As a teacher, you may be able to claim the cost back from your school or college. If you’re freelancing, you may be able to claim them as expenses, depending on your local tax system.
After A Handbook of Spoken Grammar, Oxford Grammar for EAP, and Improve Your Grammar were published, I decided I would like to work again in the same areas of spoken English and academic grammar, which I was still researching, but this time producing something for teaching grammar (rather than self-study books for students), and with completely new material.
It occurred to me, however, when I began to write for English language teachers, that what I actually wanted to do was talk to them instead, as colleagues, much as I do at conferences. That’s when I got the idea of producing online courses in grammar for teaching rather than new books. So I began to look around for the kind of platform that was offering not only high-tech courses with state-of-the-art graphics, but also lower-tech versions where tutors were sharing their knowledge with participants, showing slides and offering additional resources such as handouts and revision tests. Udemy seemed to fit the bill.
What I do in the courses is to talk English language teachers through a series of grammar lesson plans, giving a step-by-step guide on how to teach a particular item of grammar in the classroom. All of the material is provided on the accompanying slides, which can be downloaded as text at the end of each lecture, allowing teachers to use it as they want: copying it onto a whiteboard, editing it as required, printing it out for students, or displaying it via computer - whatever suits their own teaching circumstances.
This course is for English language teachers who are interested in introducing their students to an element of spoken English known as ‘spoken grammar’ - aspects of grammar that are typical in natural conversation, but are often not covered in traditional teaching materials - ‘vague category phrases’, for example: ‘Shall we go for a walk or something?’
Please click on one of the following options for more information:
the promo video for the course on YouTube
the course description on the Udemy website
the concept of spoken grammar
a brief description of the course
a (5/5) review of the course on the website ELT Planning
review excerpts of the course from EL Gazette and IATEFL Voices
Teaching Grammar for Business Essays (and for formal business writing in the workplace)
This course is for English language teachers who are interested in introducing their students to academic grammar in the context of business essays (and formal business writing in the worplace), showing you how to teach features of essay grammar such as passives, relative clauses and cause and effect. As such, it can be included in your portfolio of business English materials.
Please click on one of the following options for more information:
the promo video for the course on YouTube
the course description on the Udemy website
the concept of academic grammar
a brief description of the course
review excerpt of the course from IATEFL Voices
