Delivery possibilities:
- Whole staff, team/syndicate/departmental meetings [Skype/zoom/face-to-face]
- Cross-schools shared sessions (COL; Kahui Ako; informal collaborations)
- One-to-one consultancy sessions – management, class teacher, specialist, learning assistant
- In-class and small group modelling, observation-feedback, co-teaching, coaching
- Collaborative planning and resource development
GRAMMAR KNOWLEDGE for teachers
What every teacher needs to have in their grammatical toolbox, with these major focuses:
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Deepening teachers’ understandings of English grammar, theoretically and applied
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Grammar in the classroom: analysing classroom contexts and texts, with the intention to understand and use more effectively as teachers / as students
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The determinants of text grammar – topic and register
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Rethinking genre and text types – visual, oral and print
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From simple to more complex text
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Comparing the grammar of spoken and written texts
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Exploring the concept of ‘correct’ English
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Unpacking and building ‘rich’ text examples
The above are explored meaningfully using actual classroom examples.
NB: A specific emphasis can also be identified e.g. a focus on written text, or oral text