Grammar is a powerful tool, a set of machines to generate a variety of sentences and questions. Yet it’s still controversial, and not always popular with students. In this article, I explain why I take a positive view towards learning grammar.

Grammar is a powerful tool, a set of machines to generate a variety of sentences and questions. Yet it’s still controversial, and not always popular with students. In this article, I explain why I take a positive view towards learning grammar.
Language choices aren’t necessarily correct or incorrect – there’s a whole spectrum of possibilities, depending on who creates the rules of English!
A lesson themed around decision-making in life and in business, with open-ended discussion tasks, reading activities, and opportunities to learn vocabulary relating to personality and behaviour.
An extended lesson at C1-C2 level, based on a documentary film about an environmental project. Includes practice of analysing features of spoken language, sentence formation and text reconstruction. Tasks include writing an opposing argument and sharing personal anecdotes.
In a reflective blogpost marking the start of the 5th year of Englishin3d, I describe the ‘recipe’ or procedure I follow when creating lessons on this site.