JOLLY GRAMMAR LEVELS 1 & 2

About this course

This course teaches the structure part of the English language in an active, systematic, multi-sensory and child-friendly way. This includes parts of speech, spelling, punctuation and more.

Description

This course will teach the broader skills for learners to be able to communicate effectively:

· Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling will be systematically and incrementally taught,

· Phonic knowledge will be reinforced and extended,

· Vocabulary will be expanded,

· Comprehension improved,

· Parts of speech and verb tenses introduced,

· Morphemes such as prefixes and suffixes will be clearly taught,

· Word meaning such as comparatives and superlatives clearly taught.

The teaching is active and multi-sensory, with colours and actions for parts of speech.

Course Goals

· Reinforce and extend phonic knowledge.

• Teach spelling systematically.

• Expand vocabulary and improve comprehension.

• Introduce parts of speech and verb tenses.

• Introduce morphemes, such as prefixes and suffixes.

• Enable the children to analyse and parse text.

• Introduce syntax and sentence structure.

• Develop the children’s use of punctuation.

• Develop the children’s dictionary and thesaurus skills.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

· Nouns, Proper Nouns, Common Nouns

· Pronouns, Grammatical Persons, Personal Pronouns

· Verbs, Conjugating Verbs, Tenses

· Adjectives, Adverbs, Possessive Adjectives

· Homophones, Articles, Sentences, Compound Words

· Improving Vocabulary and Using a Dictionary

· Speech Marks, Questions, Conjunctions, Prepositions

· Prefixes, Suffixes, Comparatives and superlatives

· Commas in Lists, Exclamation Marks

· PARSING: Identifying the parts of speech in sentences.

· Short Vowels & Consonant Doubling.

Who this course is for:

• This course is designed for teachers and all education professionals who teach literacy to children especially at the foundation stage.
• The Jolly Grammar Course is highly recommended for every teacher who teaches in English Language to primary class children.
• This course is very crucial for parents of children in primary/elementary level.
• The course is excellent for adults who are struggling with their literacy skills because of a lack of solid literacy foundation.
• This course is recommended for anyone who is learning the English Language as a second language.