my student makes huge mistakes with prepositions...can any body tell me how i can teach him..TNKS IN ADVANCE..

Question

HE IS VERY CONFUSED WITH IN,AT,ON PLZ HELP.....................

Answer 1

One thing to remember: you can certainly mark mistakes on essays, and engage in various games and activities and such, but there are no firmly set rules about prepositions and use. It's one of those rare things that we just "use" and "know." The more reading and writing they do, the more they will be exposed to correct usages.

As a college teacher, I have plenty of students who have never figured out prepositions, much less articles, verb and noun agreement, spelling, punctuation (oh dear -- stop me NOW). Since we also have to teach research skills, computer skills, reading skills, general composition issues, etc., we don't have time to rewire years and years of poor grammar usage.

To remedy this, I make my students pick a book of prose (fiction or nonfiction -- no children's lit, poetry, or drama), and handcopy several pages per week. They have to photocopy the pages, too, and turn those in along with the handcopies. Every single word and punctuation mark must be there to receive full credit.

The benefit? Handcopying (as opposed to typing) helps them absorb more of what's on the page. And even if a final book copy has some mistakes in it (inevitable), it's still better than what most of them are doing.

You can also make them pick one of the assigned texts in the class, which would ensure they'd read at least a few pages per week -- heh. And as for grading? Don't go word-by-word, or line-by-line -- spot-check a few bits throughout, and offer credit, as opposed to a grade, for the completion of the assignment. Only takes about 30-45 minutes to read through 40 of these.

Answer 2

Register (for free) with the following website and download Chapter 8. It is full of fun activities that you can use to teach prepositions. All of the materials look very professional and are legally photocopiable.

Answer 3

Definition:

A preposition is an adposition that occurs before its complement.

I have no idea what that means.

I think "no" is the preposition in the above sentence, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Answer 4

be patent with him and don't embarrass him in front of the class some kids just require a little extra help and if their parents speak broken or no english this will make it harder for him give him a little extra help and show him on paper ho it works write him some sentences and have him copy them and talk them over with you

Answer 5

Show him in drawings or pictures or body language: on the chair, by the chair, at the chair, etc.

Answer 6

Your the teachers..come on now.

Answer 7

nice pic... but i dont know what your talking about...lol