Chapter 5. Grammar Activities

Most teachers like to teach grammar, but do all students like to learn it? Sometimes it may seem boring. Sometimes it seems too difficult. Using Moodle, we can try to spice up grammar a bit, by introducing images, sound, video, and a game element. We can incorporate helpful feedback, which individual students can process in their own time so that they begin to understand grammar points better. Also, students have the advantage of being able to repeat exercises to their hearts' content.

This chapter is organized in grammar sections that might be taught in a communicative language teaching classroom.

Section	Section contents
1	Presentation and knowledge - Activity 1 Moodle is ideal for explaining and illustrating grammar with audio, video, image, and text support.
2	Noticing activity - Activity 2 This activity helps students identify aspects of grammar within a spoken or written text. Authentic texts can be used here, as they are invariably more interesting...