Grammar Teaching
Penny Ur · 2015
Teaching is a process not a set of skills, and the pro cess of becoming a teacher requires more than the acquisition of skills. Usually one set of skills or techniques can be interchanged with another. The efficient use of skills, though necessary for effective teaching, will not insure it. Accurate perceptions, appropriate decisions, and enthusiasm must be the guiding force in teaching. We view teaching, not as a hierarchy of behaviors, but as two distinct sets of abilities. One is central to