Stage 2 guidelines for writing: Grammar

Here are some grammar objectives for Stage 2 for writing:

• To use correct forms of words, including inflected forms

• To use all of the most common syntactic structures, including

  • correct word order patterns
  • coordinate sentences, and
  • subordinate sentences, including those showing relations between clauses, such as chronological sequence, cause-effect, logical sequence, and concession
• To use cohesive structures accurately, such as pronouns

Here are some grammar strategies for Stage 2 guidelines for writing:

Analysis Identify the different types of complex sentences found in the language and the types of links between the clauses. Practice Choose one type of complex sentence and practice using it, with the various types of links. It is important at this stage to have a language A\associate (LA) or other friend check your work for accuracy and acceptability. Move on to another type and do the same. Selective attention Work on a single aspect of the grammar (for example, pronouns) by writing paragraphs in which you practice the rules of introducing a participant, and then substitute the pronoun. Auditory representation Read what you have written and check for readability. Change your text as needed.

Here are some grammar techniques for Stage 2 guidelines for writing:

• The Cloze technique
• The Part of Speech Placement technique
• The Pronominal Reference Drill technique
• The Single Sentence Pattern technique
• The Write and Rewrite technique

Here is a grammar activity for Stage 2 guidelines for writing:

Use your writing skills in everyday life: to take phone messages, to write notes or letters to friends, to summarize what you are reading, seeing, and doing. If you use writing at work and it is important that what you write be accurate, get someone to edit it for you, but do the draft yourself. Writing is hard work at this stage, but the more you write, the better you will be. Do not let fear of making mistakes keep you from writing.

• Generic module: Stage 2 guidelines for writing: Grammar
• In overview module: Stage 2: Writing 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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