Using Contextualized Materials to Teach English Grammar

Grammar learning is the foundation of language learning. Despite its importance, many ESL adult learners consider grammar learning a challenging part, and the effectiveness of grammar instruction has been evaluated low. This is because of inappropriate teaching approaches and the lack of contextualized learning materials. Inappropriate teaching approaches include traditional PPP (Presentation, Practice, Production), which hinder the effectiveness of research-based teaching approaches. Decontextualized and meaningless grammar forms are additional underlying challenges of grammar learning. This field project uses task-based language teaching (TBLT) as a theoretical framework. The three literature review themes explore the importance and challenges of grammar, grammar instruction techniques, and creating contextualized and authentic learning materials. The purpose of this field project is to create a handbook for grammar learning. This field project is made up of students\u27 book and teacher\u27s book. The two sample units provide ESL teachers with lessons and exercises in emphasizing grammar and subsidiary academic vocabulary, writing, speaking, and reading. Each unit offers students authentic reading material, and the reading material provides a specific situation to use the target grammar structure. Therefore, students learn the target grammar contextualized. It will help enhance the memory of target grammar and utilize the syntax structures more productively

Fostering Mathematical Inquiry with Language Independent Board Games

The authors discuss an approach for engaging students in mathematical problem solving and argumentation in a manner that supports all learners, including those for whom English is a non-native language (i.e., ELLs). Building on the work of Norval and Castaneda (2020), Wanko (2017), and others, the authors engage students in a language-independent game, Where are the Cherries?. English-speaking students learn the rules of the game as they analyze an instructional video in Chinese. Students strengthen their problem solving skills as they develop a greater appreciation of the language challenges that ELL classmates face on a daily basis