tips to teach grammar ☺

I recommend the following class structure when teaching grammar skills:

•Begin with an exercise, game, listening, etc. that introduces the grammar concept.
•Ask students questions that will help them identify the grammar concept to be discussed.
•Follow with another exercise that more specifically focuses on the grammar concept, but takes an inductive approach. This could be a reading exercise with questions and responses in the structure that is being taught.
•Check responses, ask students to explain the grammar concept that has been introduced.
•At this point introduce teaching explanations as a way of clearing up misunderstandings.
•Provide an exercise which focuses on the correct construction of the grammar point. This could be an exercise such as a fill the gap, cloze or tense conjugation activity.
•Ask students to once again explain the concept.
As you can see, the teacher is facilitating students to do their own learning rather than using the 'top down' approach of dictating rules to the class.