”Grammar...... teaches us how to make use of words; that is to say, it teaches us how to make use of them in the proper manner … to be able to choose the words which ought to be placed, we must be acquainted with certain principles and rules; and these principles and rules constitute what is called Grammar.”

-- Gobbett

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Demo and Full Versions

The full version of Grammar I-Learner has two levels. Level One suits lower form students and students attempting CEE English subject (Syllabus A) while Level Two caters students studying to sit for is designed to CEE English subject (Syllabus B).

Alternatively, we can treat that successful completion of Grammar I-Learner (Level 1) means that the user has achieved grammar competency level equivalent to Secondary Three. Students who have completed Level 1 might progress to Level 2.

Grammar I-Learner (Level 2) covers the same 25 topics. The focus of this level is on the application of grammar in the use of language. It also starts to focus on the irregularities in grammar and on common errors made by Chinese learners.

	Demo version	Subscriber Version
Number of topics	1	25* (covering all basic grammar topics)
Number of questions	200	5000
Review of wrongly answered questions	¨ Review (today) – redo questions wrongly answered today ¨ Review (past) – redo questions wrongly answered yesterday	¨ Review (today) – redo questions wrongly answered today ¨ Review (past) – redo questions wrongly answered yesterday, *7 days and 30 days ago*
Teachers’ access	Scores of individual students in the demo topic and different sub-topics within the topic	Scores of individual students in all topics and all sub-topics.
Teachers’ Report	NOT AVAILABLE	¨ Diagnostic and recommendation reports of individual students in each and every topic in word/html formats. ¨ Summary statistics by class and students in word/html formats.
Grammar notes	Topical notes are provided to explain the grammar rules within the topic and its sub-topics	Additional grammar notes are given on topics crossing two or more grammar topics

Subscribe to the Full Feature Grammar I-Learner

It is always a headache that some students in a class develop their ability in the language at a slower pace. It is always a heavy burden to have students who even do not possess basic grammar knowledge. To be a teacher already means having a heavy workload. It is always difficult to find extra time for these pitiful late developers.

For these lagged (left)-behind students, the very thought of learning English grammar well puts them off. The simple fact that they have not mastered English grammar after many years of schooling tells them that to master English grammar is a long, if not impossible task.

Grammar I-Learner is a short cut for second language learners, especially Chinese learners, to the mastery of basic English grammar. Grammar I-Learner aims to help motivated teenagers/the lagged (left)-behind students to improve their English in a short time. By turning these students into I-Learners, teachers can see them progress through a short cut in learning English. We believe that after this grasp of basic English grammar, most students will gain the most benefit from normal classroom teaching.

Grammar I-Learner takes account of the fact that our existing school syllabus is based on a very old learning theory and is designed for a child learning English in an unaware manner. However, adults and teenagers, with their maturity in the area of learning, can and should learn basic English grammar in a quicker, more direct and more conscious manner. With this mastery and awareness of grammar, it will be easier for them to speak and write grammatically.

*25 Topics on Basic English Grammar

The basic English grammar includes the following 25 topics:

1. Parts of Speech

2. Verbs: simple tenses

3. Verbs: continuous tenses

4. Verbs: perfect tenses

5. Passive voice

6. Verbs and Basic Sentence Structures

7. Infinitives and Gerunds

8. Modal verbs

9. Nouns

10. Pronouns

11. Subject-verb Agreement

12. Adjectives

13. Adverbs

14. Formation of words (DEMO)

15. A Phrase or a Clause

16. Clauses and Sentences

17. Collocations

18. Questions

19. Conditional sentences

20. Reported Speech

21. Phrasal verbs

22. Sentences and Paragraphs

23. Prepositions

24. Connectives

25. Punctuation

Guidelines for Teachers

Check students' progress with the teachers’ login from time to time.
Give encouragement
Provide further guidance to students according to their individual needs
Guide the students to the usage and beauty, reading, writing and many other aspects of English which can be taught to students much more easily after students are not blocked by poor grammar sense.

”The evidence seems to show beyond doubt that though it is by communicative use in real "speech acts" that the new language "sticks" in the learner's mind, insight into pattern is an equal partner with communicative use in what language teachers now see as the dual process of acquisition/learning. Grammar, approached as a voyage of discovery into the patterns of language rather than the learning of prescriptive rules, is no longer a bogey word.”

-- Eric Hawkins

References

Hawkins, Eric, Awareness of Language: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 1984, pp 150-1
Nunan, David, Second Language Teaching and Learning, Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 1999

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