Teaching the grammar of questions and negations: an innovative approach
This article presents an innovative approach to teaching English tenses, more precisely to teaching the grammar of questions and negative sentences. It describes, analyses and compares the innovative top-down approach with the traditional methods. It introduces the reader to the theoretical concept...
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| description | This article presents an innovative approach to teaching English tenses, more precisely to teaching the grammar of questions and negative sentences. It describes, analyses and compares the innovative top-down approach with the traditional methods. It introduces the reader to the theoretical concept of the English predicate structure, on which the new approach is based. Consequently, the paper explains how the theoretical approach may be beneficial in practice, i.e. in English language teaching. Compared to the traditional methods, the paper shows that the grammar of questions and negatives of all tenses can be explained using three simple rules. Finally, the paper lists the advantages and disadvantages of the new method and suggests suitable target students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbc0cf3c5b874b59be46510ddbddabf32022-12-22T02:06:14ZengSciendoJournal of Language and Cultural Education1339-45842017-09-015314415610.1515/jolace-2017-0033jolace-2017-0033Teaching the grammar of questions and negations: an innovative approachMachová Dagmar Masár0Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech RepublicThis article presents an innovative approach to teaching English tenses, more precisely to teaching the grammar of questions and negative sentences. It describes, analyses and compares the innovative top-down approach with the traditional methods. It introduces the reader to the theoretical concept of the English predicate structure, on which the new approach is based. Consequently, the paper explains how the theoretical approach may be beneficial in practice, i.e. in English language teaching. Compared to the traditional methods, the paper shows that the grammar of questions and negatives of all tenses can be explained using three simple rules. Finally, the paper lists the advantages and disadvantages of the new method and suggests suitable target students.https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0033teaching grammarquestionnegationoperator verbauxiliary do |
| spellingShingle | Machová Dagmar Masár Teaching the grammar of questions and negations: an innovative approach Journal of Language and Cultural Education teaching grammar question negation operator verb auxiliary do |
| title | Teaching the grammar of questions and negations: an innovative approach |
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| title_short | Teaching the grammar of questions and negations: an innovative approach |
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