In this lesson, you will learn about:
the definition of a letter
graphemes and phonemes
when letters are capitalised in English
which letters are vowels
which letters are consonants
In this lesson, you will learn about:
how the plural forms differ from their singular counterparts
the rules of forming regular plurals
which nouns are considered to have irregular plural forms
Unit 6+7+8+9 of the video-based Grammar for Secondary School Teachers course by Kamil Trzebiatowski.
Clauses and complex sentences
Direct speech and indirect speech
Voice and register
Cohesive devices and ambiguity
It consists of 33 video lessons, divided into 10 units.
1 - Words, sentences and letters
2 - Parts of speech and sentence
3 - Word formation and meaning
4 - Types of sentences
5 - Tenses
6 - Clauses and complex sentences
7 - Direct and indirect speech
8 - Voice and register
9 - Cohesive devices and ambiguity
10 - Punctuation
You can purchase it as individual video lessons in my shop (£4 per lesson) or units as bundles (at 25% off), but if you purchase the entire course here, you will save 75% of the original cost! You can then take the course on its dedicated website, which I will provide following your purchase along with the username/password.
The course involves well over 3 hours of viewing time and is the only such offer in the UK, attempting to plug the gap in grammar awareness. In particular, if you want to serve the needs of EAL learners, who need explicit grammar teaching within your subject, this course is indeed for you.
In this lesson, you will learn about:
What direct speech is and how it is used
What indirect (or reported) speech is and how it is used
What rules govern changing direct speech to indirect speech
In this lesson, you will learn about:
The uses and formation of: Zero Conditional, First Conditional, Second Conditional and Third Conditional sentences
In this lesson, you will learn about:
The uses and formation of: Future Simple, Future Progressive, Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive tenses
In this lesson, you will learn about:
What the broad category of affixes is
How affixes (prefixes and suffixes) can change the meaning of certain words
What word families are
In this lesson, you will learn about:
the uses and formation of: Past Simple, Past Progressive, Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Progressive tenses
In this lesson, you will learn about:
Two voices in the English language: active and passive
How they differ from one another
How to change from active to passive