Teaching Grammar and Sentence Structure

Welcome to Teaching Grammar and Sentence Structure in an Easy Way — a short, practical professional-development course designed to help you make grammar clearer, more meaningful, and more engaging for your learners.

Grammar can often feel overwhelming, both for teachers and students, but it doesn’t have to be. In this course, we explore simple, research-informed strategies that make grammar instruction more intuitive, more connected to real communication, and much easier to teach confidently.

Whether you’re new to teaching, returning after a break, or looking to refresh your approach, this course will give you practical tools you can apply immediately.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Apply contextualised grammar teaching techniques, using real communication rather than isolated rules.
Explain functional grammar in a way that highlights meaning, purpose, and authentic language use.
Design scaffolded learning activities that guide learners from supported practice to independent mastery.
Model sentences effectively, demonstrating how grammar choices shape meaning.
Use sentence starters and frames to build confidence and reduce cognitive load for learners.
Support learners through the gradual release of responsibility, moving from “I do” → “We do” → “You do.”
Strengthen learners’ sentence construction skills using practical, classroom-ready techniques.

Course Structure

This course is fully self-paced and divided into short, focused lessons:

Introduction & Orientation
Contextualised Grammar Teaching
Functional Grammar Overview
Scaffolding Ideas for Grammar and Sentence Structure
Course Wrap-Up

Each lesson includes a short video and a quick knowledge check to reinforce your understanding.

Time Commitment

The course takes approximately:

30–40 minutes to complete the videos and quizzes
Slightly longer if you choose to explore the optional reflection prompts or try out sample activities in your own teaching context

You can stop and resume at any time.

How to Get the Most Out of the Course

Bring a notebook, or have a Word document open, to jot down techniques you want to try.
Think about learners in your current context — the examples will be easier to visualise.
Complete the quizzes as you go; they’re short, low-stakes, and designed to reinforce—not test—your learning.
After completing the course, consider choosing one or two strategies to implement in your next week of teaching.

Small changes can make a big difference.