English Grammar Crash Course (CELTA, CertTESOL, TEFL, TESOL)
An introduction to English grammar for CELTA, CertTESOL, TEFL, TESOL trainees or practising teachers
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What You Will Learn!
- Gain knowledge of the parts of speech in English, including nouns, verbs and verb forms, adjectives and adverbs
- Gain knowledge of the use and form of the tense system in English, including past, present and future tenses
- Gain knowledge of the use and form of modals and semi-modals in English
- Gain knowledge of the use and form of conditionals in English
Description
This course is an engaging, video-based introduction to the grammar of English, with clearly-contextualised examples, a comprehensive focus on what the grammar means and how we use it, and a breakdown of the structure of each grammatical item. Whether you're completely new to English grammar or need to brush up your skills, this course is an invaluable introduction.
As well as easy video explanations, you can find a handy transcript for each video, as well as a detailed Cheat Sheet PDF that you can use as a reference before, during and after your teacher training course. There are also short tests at the end of every module to check your learning and help you to pinpoint areas for further study. You can also message me at any time - I'm always available to help with any language questions you have.
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This course looks in detail at the following:
Parts of speech
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners and interjections
Tenses
Present tenses (present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple and present perfect continuous)
Past tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple and past perfect continuous)
Future tenses (future simple, be going to, future continuous, future perfect simple and future perfect continuous)
Modals
Can, could, may, might, must, should, will, shall, would
Conditionals
Zero conditional
First conditional
Second conditional
Third conditional
Mixed conditionals
The course is written and presented by Chris Jones, an experienced English language teacher, trainer, course designer, examiner and manager, with 20 years of experience in English language teaching.
Who Should Attend!
- This course is for all candidates preparing to take the Cambridge CELTA, the Trinity TESOL or any other TEFL course, and would like to increase their grammatical knowledge. It is also suitable for current teachers who wish to increase their awareness of English grammar.