Questions on Text 18 & 19

Text 18: Teaching Pronunciation – Janet Goodwin

1) Summarize the points Goodwin finds as absolutely necessary in the teaching of EFL(English as a foreign language) pronunciation.
2) Answer discussion question 2 on page 131.
3) After reading “The communicative framework for teaching pronunciation” (p. 124 - 131), make a brief class plan for the students you have been working with.

Text 19: Uncovering Grammar – Chapter 1 (Grammar as a process) by Scott Thornbury

1) Why does the author argue that “grammar” should be seen as a verb?
2) Make a distinction between what the author affirms to be the situations in which language needs no grammar and when it does.
3) What does grammaticization mean?