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It is the author’s opinion that the rules of a language needs
to be taught specifically to pupils and students in order for them to know and
understand its correct usage in different contexts e.g. no one can be expected
to be able to ride a bike without having being taught how to.
Teaching the rules or mechanics of a language should therefore
be separated from other language activities such as writing which main purpose
is to communicate one’s ideas to others. A writer should be able to record ideas
without the added task of worrying about the transcriptional aspects at that
stage.
This section of the Kingdom of Benin Blogs deals with
transcriptional aspects of writing. The exercises can used to support remedial
actions identified by the teacher in a student’s writing or speech; students will
therefore be better placed to avoid such errors.
Students working independently with a desire to improve their
sentence structure in both speech and writing will find the exercises useful
too.
To embed skills practiced, it is recommended that students
read and write frequently as practice makes perfect. Read, write; check the
grammar.
The exercises cover many common errors like spelling words
with similar sounds but different spellings.
Some exercises deal with grammatical errors in the use of word
classes e.g. agreement of verb with
subject, use of simple past tense and past participle.
Punctuation exercises are included to provide students with
opportunity to practise correct punctuation of sentences and passages.
Idioms and phrases with their meanings have been included to
offer more writing opportunities for students to compose sentences and
passages.
An online dictionary is included at the bottom of each page to
make it easier for students to check meaning of new and unfamiliar words.
The exercises can be found in the English Usage section on the
link below. The answers here should only be used to check completed work from
that section.
Here is the link: http://iyiomonenglish.blogspot.co.uk/
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