Stage 1 guidelines for reading: Grammar

Here are some grammar objectives for Stage 1 for reading:

• To understand simple sentences of the following types in past or present tense:

  • Positive statements
  • Negative statements
  • Commands
  • Questions

• To understand words, phrases, and simple sentences which include:

  • Descriptions
  • Identifications
  • Actions with direct objects
  • Actions without direct objects
  • Locations
  • Beneficiaries
  • Possessives
  • Manner

Here are some grammar strategies for Stage 1 guidelines for reading:

• Analysis

  Identify basic clause types and look for them in written materials or include them in the techniques you do with a language associate.

• Practice

  Use some of the same techniques for sound/picture association as for listening comprehension, except place the written form of the word underneath the picture for reading.

Here are some grammar techniques for Stage 1 guidelines for reading:

• The Picture Descriptions technique
• The Photo Book technique
• The Dialogue Strip technique

Here is a grammar activity for Stage 1 guidelines for reading:

Read some very simple connected texts, using the vocabulary you have practiced. Look for children's books which control difficulty of grammar and vocabulary. Go through these books with a language associate (LA).

• Generic module: Stage 1 guidelines for reading: Grammar
• In overview module: Stage 1: Reading modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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