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Studying Grammar |
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Study
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| There are a number of grammar notes and related exercises in the Mind Your Grammar course which you can work through. You can find this listed on the VLC home page. |
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The lessons cover nouns, articles, prepositions, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Notes are in table form for browsing and reference, as in the example below. After reviewing the notes, try the exercises which follow.
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The exercises relate to topics covered in the notes. They are in multiple choice format, and you select the best answer by clicking the mouse on your choice. The answer will appear in the Answers frame at the bottom left of the Questions window. The answer also gives feedback explanations for why a choice is correct or not.
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As with many of the VLC exercises, the Vocabulary window appears at the bottom of the frame. This allows you look up words in the Net Dictionary by typing in the edit box, or else you can double-click on a word in the text and the dictionary entry is displayed here.
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A good way to study grammar is by looking for mistakes in texts which are not correct. By identifying the errors, you can reinforce your understanding of how the grammar should be formed. There are a number of VLC exercises which have this approach, in the Proof Reading section and especially in the Common Errors. These combine explanatory notes with examples of comman errors in grammar in areas such as agreement, articles, conjunction and verb forms, together with prood reading exercises.
There are several other exercises for grammar which are also listed on the VLC home page which cover topics such as articles, pronouns, verb forms, prepositions and clause structure. These also have explanatory notes, and feature Active Dictionary pages with the Vocabulary window described above.
The Functional Grammar course focuses on linguistic aspects of English grammar rather than the rule-based grammar which learners may be more familiar with (such as Mind Your Grammar). It has been taught to BA English major students and is appropriate for anyone studying English at an advanced level or teaching English as a second language.
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