Oral vs. Written Language
Let us now explore grammar in the context of oral versus written language.
Analyze Two Grammar Lessons
Take a few minutes to read through these lesson plans, designed to introduce the use of commands in Spanish.
- What are the main differences between them?
- Which one would you use in class and why?
- Which definition of grammar is implicit in each one of these two lesson plans?
Listen to the comments on the characteristics of Lesson Plans 1 and 2. What specific features of these lesson plans do they identify in detail? Do you agree with their analysis?
A discussion about the lesson plans.
Duration: 03:09
After analyzing the two lesson plans, the language teachers felt that Lesson Plan 1 was geared for written language only, while Lesson plan 2 also included oral language instruction.
Think about the distinction between oral and written language instruction in the context of grammar.
Follow-up on the lesson plan discussion.
Duration: 02:38
Grammatical Structures in Oral Language
In the following segment, the instructor mentions a variety of grammatical structures typically used in oral language.
Which grammatical structures are used in oral language? Watch the video segment to confirm your answer.
- impersonal se (se cortan ...)
- first person singular (corto ...)
- first person plural (cortamos ...)
- second person singular (cortas ...)
- second person plural (cortan ...)
- Infinitive (cortar ...)
- Formal commands (corte ... )
Grammatical structures used in oral language.
Duration: 00:56