欣蓉的教學網誌

Today we discussed relative clauses. I made a PowerPoint for this grammatical structure. The use of different colors made it easier for me to get my message across.

I told the students not to take notes but just concentrate and think. After class they can visit my blog and download the PowerPoint for review work.

Here is the ppt. (more…)

Last Thursday and Friday, the grammar point we discussed in class was comparatives and superlatives. I made a PowerPoint, based on the key points mentioned in the grammar book my classes use.

grammar–comparatives and superlatives.ppt (more…)

Yesterday and today, we had a brief discussion about modal auxiliaries in class. Modals are different from auxiliaries like “do, does, did.” The latter has only grammatical function, helping to form questions or negative sentences. Modals carry the meaning of “obligation” or “possibility/certainty.” Take the following three sentences for example. (more…)

Yesterday when we were discussing the 1st mid-term, a student asked me to explain the following question:

leg-lengthened surgery or leg-lengthening surgery? (more…)

For today’s grammar lesson, I made a PowerPoint as follows. It can be used not only by teachers in class but also by students to review the sentence pattern.
subjunctive mood.ppt