文法のルールを理解していても、実際に会話の中で使う事は頭で思うほど簡単ではありません。まだ文法ミスを時折してしまう方には、中級コースをお勧めします。オックスフォード英文法 上級コースは、英語レベルが上級以上の方へお勧めです。ネイティブスピーカーでも苦戦するレベルのため、最後の文法テキストと言って良いでしょう。
Part1と2の二部構成です。
Part1は、17セクションで構成される単語と文法を学びます。基礎の見直しから始まり、法助動詞、限定詞、関係代名詞のような難渋する話題を極めます。
Part2は、文中の礼儀正しさ、強調点、反復点に含まれる意図を見極めた文法を簡潔に学びます。教科書通りから脱出し、流暢で正しい日常英語を話す際の架け橋となります。
Part1：
- 受動態
- 不定詞と -ing 形
- 動詞と様々な構成
- 形容詞、副詞、比較表現
- 名詞節
- 副詞節
Part2：
- 情報の構造
- 複雑な文章の閲読
- 簡潔な答え、質問、付加疑問文
- 丁寧語、間接話法
- ニュースヘッドライン
Time to complete
This is the new grammar course as of October 2018.
This is an advanced course in grammar. It assumes that the student has a very high working knowledge of English. It does start simply, but gets very tough very quickly. Use this if your student has no 1s on their GBC grammar score, or if they can make a lot of error-free sentences. It is particularly good if a student is motivated to do homework but needs tasks to be set for them.
The Oxford grammar series
Books in the Oxford grammar series follow the same structure. They are divided into broad sections varying in length from 10-27 pages. Each section begins with foundational instruction and then builds more and more complex language on that foundation.
- Yellow boxes of structures and examples are the central part of this book and should have time spent on them.
- You can do all or some of the exercises, or assign them for homework.
- Homework can also include instructions for original sentences using the framework provided.
Teaching strategies
Remember the goal is to use this language to make original sentences about relevant topics. That means you should imagine how the student would use this language, and lead them to do so in the lesson.
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For instance p136, nouns and pronouns: using --self for emphasis:
E.g. "I got a letter from the Minister himself."
"The restaurant itself is beautiful but the food isn't much good."
After reading the examples, you can do the following:- Tell the student to think of some times where they can emphasise or contrast.
- Give the student some examples:
- "The project itself wasn't so hard, but my boss was really strict and that made it pretty tough".
- "The ramen itself was amazing, but the shop was too dirty".
- Ask the student if they can think of any examples of using "itself, herself or himself".
- You can also try to think of GBC-style questions that lead to grammar points.
- Make sure, if you ask broad questions, that the student uses the grammar structures in the answer. You can call them out on that, "You forgot to use the grammar structure! Can you give me a sentene with this grammar in it?"
- You can push your student to guess answers and word meanings.
Notes
- You'll find answers to the exercises at the back of the book.
- There is also a teacher's book.