The Right Way of Studying Grammar

Hi everybody!

No introduction and beating around the bush, I’m going to talk turkey right away!

What I have seen in many of the students studying English is their misconception about studying grammar. Many hate it, and many love it, but almost everybody studies it the wrong way!

I believe the best way to study grammar is to find an application for it. As you may know, IELTS is not a test of grammar, and does not have any direct questions for testing grammar, or any section called grammar. Actually, that is one of the basic differences between IELTS and some other tests, say TOEFL.

In order for you to learn grammar in the best way possible, what you are supposed to do is to know that grammar is the key to understanding and producing language. Therefore, whatever you study in grammar, you must find an application, a practicality for. For example, when you study the “ simple present tense” , what you should do is to think about its application in real life situations, such as speaking about your daily routine, and so on. After all, follow the basic principle here in order to improve your grammatical view:

1-     Learn the grammatical points.

2-     Find at least 3 applications for speaking, and 3 for writing.

3-     Make at least 5 sentences for each application.

4-     Review the previously learnt content.

And that’s it! Good luck!