English Grammar Lessons

Whether you've decided to become an English teacher, are learning English by yourself or trying to tutor someone who is attempting to get a better grasp of the language, you'll want to know more about how you can make the fundamentals of English grammar lessons more effective. Here are a few of the best sources to get tips and suggestions for teaching (and learning), as well as some original ideas that will make learning fun for you and your students.

One of the best tools there are on understanding English grammar, is a writing software by WhiteSmoke. When using the program, the user can simply treat it as a word processor. When there are mistakes or grammar errors, this software offers advanced grammar and spelling correction that highlights the concerned sentence or word. It then explains the explains English grammar rules and corrects the sentence into a properly written one. As the student works with this software, he/she can learn English grammar lessons in real time, and can make the experience more real and applicable. Of course, as they use the software, you would want to be right beside them, discussing what is being corrected and adding to the software's explainations. You can find out more about the software in the video below:



One of the best places to get the pointers you need for English grammar lessons is www.englishpage.com. This site has everything you need for teaching English grammar, and offers a weekly lesson and grammar book that you can download to emphasize a different aspect of the English language each week. There is also a 'listening room' on the site, filled with audio exercises that you can give your students, so that they can get used to the correct pronunciation of common and rarely used English words. There is also a dictionary on the site that to help your students learn English vocabulary as it offers equivalent English words to selected foreign phrases.

If you are looking for free English grammar lessons, you may also want to check out www.free-english-lessons.com. This site will offer a number of lesson plans that will help you to explain the difference between adjectives and adverbs, and will give you ideas on how to teach the principles of the 'question' words in English (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How). Basic phrases in the English language are also highlighted on the site, so that you can incorporate ways to remember common greetings and courtesy phrases into your English grammar lessons. Helping your students to learn things like 'please', 'thank you', 'hello' and 'goodbye' will make learning the rest of the language much easier, and will help them to be able to initiate conversations with more confidence.

If you are giving English grammar lessons to young children, you may also want to check out the resources that are available on www.englishlearner.com. This site will allow you to choose the level of teaching materials that you need, so you'll be able to teach anything from counting from one to ten, to structuring small sentences. There are also a number of English grammar tests on the site that you can download to give to your students in order to chart their progress.

Creating some of your own games and activities is another way to make English grammar lessons more exciting. You can create a Hangman game with Velcro letters for your students, or make flashcards to help students remember the meanings of words. For more information on materials and craft ideas to prepare your English grammar exercise, visit www.ivillage.com.