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FINAL REFLECTION

The GRAMMAR II syllabus that I studied this semester was very essential for me

because it contributed a lot to my future professional development. Moreover, this syllabus

was useful because I learned many things such as how to test grammar, how to design a test among

other. During this semester, I had the opportunity to develop different elements that helped to

increase my knowledge in the academic area.

The first element was about to identify the ways that grammatical knowledge can be
automated through practice. In this element, I had to make a presentation in which I

contrasted the differences between accuracy and fluency. Also, I gave some concepts of

accuracy, fluency, and restructuring that helped me out to understand how I can practice
grammar and what the best ways are to my future students can practice grammar. In the

second element, the main objective was to compare the types and cases of errors, attitude to
corrections, and teachers´ strategies. In this occasion, I had to elaborate a table, in which I

had to identify lexical, grammar, and discourse errors including mistakes in the way words

are combined about the presentation that I did in the first element. In the third element, the
main objective was to examine the elements of PPP and TTT when teaching grammar.

There, I had to make a presentation, in which I developed a model of instruction to identify
language features to communicate grammatical intentions more effectively. In the fourth

element was about applying formal and informal testing when teaching grammar. In this
case, I had to elaborate a test considering three important aspects. They were discrete-item,

oral interaction, and written composition. Finally, in the element fifth I had to make a demo

class with specific grammar point. I taught past perfect using the rule of economy

In conclusion, this syllabus was really important to me because it gave me an

explanation of the use, significance and principles of the grammatical structures of

English to apply correctly in the communicative context with a high level of efficiency

Also, it helped me to gain more knowledge in grammar and how to teach it correctly. I

could say that I will be ready to move on to the next semester.

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