Every week I teach English to 5th and 6th graders at the elementary school. At first, I proceeded to lay out the basic rules of grammar because I´m part of the school of proper grammar, but I quickly realized during the first class, as their eyes glazed over that I needed a new plan. Therefore all proper grammar as we know it was thrown out the window and I now write lists of basic English phrases like numbers, colors and days of the week, which they copy in their notebooks and repeat. Seems kinda dronelike to me, but at least they´re happy drones! And they get really excited because for them, it means they´re ¨speaking¨ English. Mob rule wins here.
I´m also going to start teaching a group of high school boys. They could use some work in pronuncation of basic words. Yet, somehow they have nearly perfect pronunciation in a variety of pick up lines, which I find amusing. The plan is to replace ¨Hey baby I love you¨with ¨Hi, how are you doing¨
