<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article presents an innovative approach to teaching English tenses, more precisely to teaching the grammar of questions and negative sentences. It describes, analyses and compares the innovative top-down approach with the traditional methods. It introduces the reader to the theoretical concept of the English predicate structure, on which the new approach is based. Consequently, the paper explains how the theoretical approach may be beneficial in practice, i.e. in English language teaching. Compared to the traditional methods, the paper shows that the grammar of questions and negatives of all tenses can be explained using three simple rules. Finally, the paper lists the advantages and disadvantages of the new method and suggests suitable target students.</p></abstract>

This article presents an innovative approach to teaching English tenses, more precisely to teaching the grammar of questions and negative sentences. It describes, analyses and compares the innovative top-down approach with the traditional methods. It introduces the reader to the theoretical concept of the English predicate structure, on which the new approach is based. Consequently, the paper explains how the theoretical approach may be beneficial in practice, i.e. in English language teaching. Compared to the traditional methods, the paper shows that the grammar of questions and negatives of all tenses can be explained using three simple rules. Finally, the paper lists the advantages and disadvantages of the new method and suggests suitable target students.

Teaching the grammar of questions and negations: an innovative approach

Journal of Language and Cultural Education

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This article presents an innovative approach to teaching English tenses, more precisely to teaching the grammar of questions and negative sentences. It...

Teaching the grammar of questions and negations: an innovative approach

Publicado en línea: 29 dic 2017

Páginas: 144 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0033

Palabras clave
teaching grammar, question, negation, operator verb, auxiliary do

© 2017 Dagmar Masár Machová, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Teaching the grammar of questions and negations: an innovative approach

Publicado en línea: 29 dic 2017

Páginas: 144 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0033

Palabras claveteaching grammar, question, negation, operator verb, auxiliary do

© 2017 Dagmar Masár Machová, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
teaching grammar, question, negation, operator verb, auxiliary do