14. starptautiskā konference 2012 - Latvijas Jūras akadēmija

Proceedings of 14th International conference „Maritime Transport and Infrastructure - 2012”refreshing is to pronounce a sentence with a correct intonation, including the voice pitch and rhythm.A declarative sentence states a fact in the affirmative or negative form, it is generally pronounced witha falling intonation. An Interrogative sentence (general and special), alternative and disjunctivequestion, imperative sentence they all have their own specific that should be practiced as a refreshergrammar.Communicative pfase in the present tenses1 It is common knowledge that the most frequently used verb tense forms are the presentsimple, perfect and progressive used by the academia in their classes.2 The tutors had been practicing provided exercises of various grammar materials on a dailybases, verifying answers with the given keys.3 The main task for the tutors is to put the revised grammatical structures into practice todevelop accuracy in communication.4 The aim of the communication phase is:To master new situations based on or shipboard situations, paying attention to grammaraccuracy when conducting the question-answer practice.To use oral information question drills in real case studies practicing pair and group work.Presentation art and refresher grammar“When you have to do a presentation in a language that is not your own, it can become anightmare” BBC English (online2)At the same time the BBC English is the language providing us with a series of advice andwill help us to get a good night’s sleep.Create a wealth of opportunities of using correct language.Make it meaningful. The language themes and content of lectures must be relevant and ofinterests to students.Communication is of primary importance but it is important to communicate having perfectgrammar.Students can take the lead in conducting a conversation.The audience wants you to do well.Say what you are going to say (the introduction)The main body of the presentation…And say it again! (The conclusion)ConclusionsThe main aim of the refresher grammar course was to introduce the faculty to the theoreticalpart along with situational application of grammar rules so that the discourse and communication withstudents were unambiguous in shipboard situations.The grammar material was involved in various types of discourse.The faculty was provided with the theoretical material and tasks with keys for practicing andchecking the material coping on their own.In case of misunderstanding everyone was welcome to attend tutorials.References1. D. Coyle. (2005).Developing CLIL Barcelona2. P. Mehisto. (2008) Uncovering CLIL Macmillan Education3. R. Carter, M. McCarthy. (2007) Cambridge University4. M. Swan, C. Walters. (2011) Oxford5. E. Conant. (January 30, 2012) Newsweek Online (tagged since September 2008)Presentation Program39