Who is this Grammar Refresher Course for?
Preparing for English teacher training and need to brush up on the basics?
A look at grammar with a few dad jokes thrown in, this grammar module covers the basics, no more, no less.
Best done together with the Language Analysis and Language Practice Module - perfect for pre-CELTA prep. (5 + hours).
The ELTCampus Grammar Refresher and Language Awareness Courses are focused on exactly what you need to be aware of going into a training course such as the Cambridge CELTA or Trinity Cert TESOL. No more no less.
If you are teaching English and wish to understand certain basic grammar forms and purposes better, then this is also the course for you. We recommend you combine this module with our other modules that look into how we present language, analyse, and practice it.
English level B2+
Course curriculum
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What do I need to know about language before I get into English language teaching?
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Meet your tutor...
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Thinking of being an English teacher? Preparing for English Teacher Training: What course to take? What jobs are out there?
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Putting grammar in its place.
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What is Language Awareness?
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Diagnostic test: How prepared are you for the technical side of the online CELTA?
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GR 1: The Sentence Deconstructed
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Common Mistakes that English Language Students Make
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Subject, Verb, Object
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Adjective, Subject, Verb, Adverb
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Comprehension Check
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Article, Modal Auxiliary Verb, Infinitive
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Primary Auxiliary Verb, Verb Phrase
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Pronoun, Preposition
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Comprehension Check
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Noun Phrase, Prepositional Phrase, Adverbial Phrase
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Gerund (+ING form), Linking Verb, Subject Complement
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Comprehension Check
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GR 2: Nouns and Pronouns
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What are Nouns?
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Sort these Nouns
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Activity Feedback
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What are Pronouns?
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Can you replace some of these nouns with pronouns to give the text a better flow without making it confusing?
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Apply to Your Teaching
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns
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Activity: Define the mistake
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Activity: Check your knowledge of these determiners and quantifiers
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Apply to Your Teaching
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Activity: Collective Nouns
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-ING Form: The difference between a gerund and a participle and why it is a headache.
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GR 3: Verbs - State, Past, Present & Future
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A quick recap then onward!
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How we use verbs: states, events, past, present, future and progressive
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A quick verb recap
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How we use verbs: flexible forms for past and future
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Noticing the perfect aspect
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Contextualising the perfect aspect
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GR 4: Verbs - Passive and Active
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Don't go all passive-aggressive on me!
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Get, have, passives, actives, muddy paws and hamsters
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GR 5: Adverbs and Adjectives
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How to identify an adverb
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The different functions of adverbs
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Let's identify the function of these adverbs
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Identifying adjectives and their functions
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GR 6: Multi-Word Verbs
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Multi-word verbs, as explained by Ms Dixon and Prefix the cat.
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A short history of phrasal verbs
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GR 7: Conditionals and Modals
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Conditional Love
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Test Your Understanding
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That's all!
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Reviews
1,206 students currently enrolled.
Incredibly helpful course with wonderful quirks!
Tate Chaloner
Greatly enjoyed this informative short course, highly recommend to anyone who is starting their study of language or wants a refresher. Highlights include: amazing ideas for dog names that I will definitely not steal and gorgeous illustrations. -...
Read MoreGreatly enjoyed this informative short course, highly recommend to anyone who is starting their study of language or wants a refresher. Highlights include: amazing ideas for dog names that I will definitely not steal and gorgeous illustrations. - Australia
Read LessGrammar Refresher: what a great idea!
Laura Malleo
I loved the opportunity of refreshing my grammar and this course is suitable for anybody. It's pleasant and well organized. Thank you Emma!!!
I loved the opportunity of refreshing my grammar and this course is suitable for anybody. It's pleasant and well organized. Thank you Emma!!!
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Isabelita Salvador
That's totally amazing, relearning what you have already learned and yet you learned a lot this time.
That's totally amazing, relearning what you have already learned and yet you learned a lot this time.
Read LessWonderful Course
Kara Webb
This really helped me improve my grammar ahead of taking the CELTA course.
This really helped me improve my grammar ahead of taking the CELTA course.
Read LessGreat Grammar Starter
Alison Middleton
I’m using this as a little prep for the CELTA and it is introducing me to things I hadn’t even thought about. Love the way it is set up with the same characters. Good job ELT campus! - UK
I’m using this as a little prep for the CELTA and it is introducing me to things I hadn’t even thought about. Love the way it is set up with the same characters. Good job ELT campus! - UK
Read LessA work of Art
Jacqueline Taylor
At first I had the same urge to fidget as I did with Grammar books. That dread. "Let´s get this over and done with." The contrary. The illustration of Neil adds Humour. The explanations are concise. The quizzes...no longer a process of deduction. ...
Read MoreAt first I had the same urge to fidget as I did with Grammar books. That dread. "Let´s get this over and done with." The contrary. The illustration of Neil adds Humour. The explanations are concise. The quizzes...no longer a process of deduction. Thank you
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Alternatively, go for the full six modules that include this Grammar Refresher Module and have your preparation covered:
- Intro to language learners and teaching approaches
- Classroom Management
- Language Analysis
- Grammar Refresher
- English Language Skills
- Lesson Planning
About Your Course Tutor
Emma Pratt
Senior Tutor, Course Writer and Online Workshop Presenter
training@eltcampus.comEmma’s specialism is looking at creative solutions to classroom practice and learning, working with all age groups. She has a background in museum and visual arts education and English language teaching, as well as communications, marketing, video, audio, design and coding. She has also worked in teacher management working with the business side of running language schools and working with agents. She is a visual artist with an active, recognised career spanning 20 + years (emmapratt.com). Her current project is in writing and illustrating for children. She is also a parent and company director.
In learning, her area of interest is in artmaking as a physical, intellectual, and emotional response to the world. She investigates ways in which it can be used in English language contexts to engage children’s brains, challenge their visual schema, and give voice to non-verbal forms of communication. She has contributed to publications and blogs on this subject.
Emma has given workshops at IATEFL and The Image Conference on drawing in the classroom as well as being the 2018 Artist in Residence at IATEFL. She is interested in the role of illustration in storytelling and how to exploit that in the classroom. Emma has been involved in an Artists in Schools programme and in artist residency projects where she has looked at storytelling. Online, she has given drawing and language workshops for children.
Emma has been designing online learning courses since 2013 and was, with Jamie King, a finalist in the ELTons 2014 for Innovation in Teaching Resources.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Fine Arts
- CELTA Certificate– Certificate in English Language Teacher to Adults (Seville, Spain)
- Post Graduate: Museum Studies, Massey University, New Zealand
- Master in Programming (CEI, Spain)
- Languages: English; Spanish (upper-intermediate advanced); Māori (beginner)