Grammar in the Proficiency-Based Classroom

Transform your approach to teaching grammar in the proficiency-based classroom! This fully online, self-paced workshop guides world language educators through a practical, step-by-step framework for teaching grammar that boosts communication and builds learner proficiency.

What You’ll Learn:
Across five focused parts, you’ll explore how to:

• Shift the focus from grammar-driven curricula to grammar in the service of communication.
• Identify and teach only the grammar students need to communicate, in the amount they need, when they are developmentally ready for it.
• Implement an input-first and meaning-based approach, building partial acquisition before drawing attention to form.
• Guide students through a "grammar pause"—using co-construction, brief explicit instruction, or reference guides—to help them uncover patterns in meaningful context.
• Design communicative tasks rather than exercises or activities, crafting contexts where target grammar arises naturally.
• Provide appropriate scaffolds (word banks, sentence frames, models, graphic organizers) and remove them gradually as students gain independence.
• Offer growth-oriented corrective feedback—both oral and written—that is focused, actionable, motivating, and promotes self-repair.

Workshop Features:

• A series of high-quality video presentations breaking down each concept.
• Advance Organizers and Reflection Activities for every part to apply learning directly to your context.
• A self-paced format that fits your busy schedule.
• Downloadable Certificate of Completion awarding 3 hours of professional development/contact time.
• Lifetime access to all workshop materials.
  

Bonus!

You'll also gain access to an exclusive online community discussion board for language teachers focused on proficiency—share ideas, ask questions, and get support from peers.

Whether you're looking to rethink your approach to grammar instruction or seeking a clear, effective framework to implement from the start, this workshop provides the strategies and tools you need to help your students acquire grammar in the service of real communication.