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Description of  English Grammar Crash Course (For Celta, Certtesol, Tefl)

Published 3/2024 MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz Language: English | Size: 830.20 MB | Duration: 0h 38m A bite-sized introduction to English grammar for trainee teachers (CELTA, CertTESOL, TEFL) and current teachers What you'll learn Gain knowledge of the parts of speech in English, including nouns, verbs and verb forms, adjectives and adverbs Gain knowledge of the use and form of the tense system in English, including past, present and future tenses Gain knowledge of the use and form of modals and semi-modals in English Gain knowledge of the use and form of conditionals in English Requirements No previous teaching experience or linguistic knowledge is required. This course is designed for candidates who are already teaching English, are planning to teach English, or are going to take, or are planning to take, the Cambridge CELTA teacher training course, the Trinity CertTESOL or other TEFL teacher training courses. All you need is a pen and paper or word processing software to make notes on, as necessary. Description This course is an engaging, video-based introduction to the grammar of English, with clearly-contextualised examples, a comprehensive focus on what the grammar means and how we use it, and a breakdown of the structure of each grammatical item. Whether you're completely new to English grammar or need to brush up your skills, this course is an invaluable introduction.As well as easy video explanations, you can find a handy transcript for each video, as well as a detailed Cheat Sheet PDF that you can use as a reference before, during and after your teacher training course.This course looks in detail at the following:Parts of speechNouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners and interjectionsTensesPresent tenses (present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple and present perfect continuous)Past tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple and past perfect continuous)Future tenses (future simple, be going to, future continuous, future perfect simple and future perfect continuous)ModalsCan, could, may, might, must, should, will, shall, wouldConditionalsZero conditionalFirst conditionalSecond conditionalThird conditionalMixed conditionalsThe course is written and presented by Chris Jones, an experienced English language teacher, trainer, course designer, examiner and manager, with 20 years of experience in English language teaching. Overview Section 1: Introduction Lecture 1 Introduction Section 2: Parts of Speech Lecture 2 Parts of speech introduction Lecture 3 Nouns Lecture 4 Verbs and verb forms Lecture 5 Adjectives and adverbs Lecture 6 Pronouns Lecture 7 Prepositions, conjunctions, determiners and interjections Section 3: Present tenses Lecture 8 Tenses introduction Lecture 9 Present simple Lecture 10 Present continuous Lecture 11 Present perfect simple Lecture 12 Present perfect continuous Section 4: Past tenses Lecture 13 Past simple Lecture 14 Past continuous Lecture 15 Past perfect simple Lecture 16 Past perfect continuous Section 5: Future tenses Lecture 17 Future simple (will and 'be going to') Lecture 18 Future continuous Lecture 19 Future perfect simple Lecture 20 Future perfect continuous Section 6: Modals Lecture 21 Modals introduction Lecture 22 'can' and 'could' Lecture 23 'may' and 'might' Lecture 24 'must' and 'should' Lecture 25 'will', 'shall' and 'would' Lecture 26 The form of modals Section 7: Conditionals Lecture 27 Conditionals introduction Lecture 28 Zero conditional Lecture 29 First conditional Lecture 30 Second conditional Lecture 31 Third conditional Lecture 32 Mixed conditionals Section 8: Final thoughts and the English Grammar Crash Course CHEAT SHEET Lecture 33 Final thoughts This course is for all candidates preparing to take the Cambridge CELTA, the Trinity TESOL or any other TEFL course, and would like to increase their grammatical knowledge. It is also suitable for current teachers who wish to increase their awareness of English grammar.