Gramatica
The Story
2003
Greg did his CELTA, where he learned a lot about teaching English.
2004+
After many years of teaching English with traditional coursebooks, Greg started to wonder: Is there a better way?
He could see patterns in the English language, patterns that made it easier for students to learn. He wondered why traditional coursebooks didn’t teach these patterns. He remembers leaving his classroom one day, walking along the street and thinking, “I should do something about this!”
He started to make learning cards (which he still uses in class sometimes!) and he also started to run workshops to share his ideas with other teachers.
2011
It was a university colleague who first thought of a name for Greg’s system. She called it Shoebox Grammar. At first, Greg got excited about showing Shoebox Grammar to primary students, teaching them the secrets and structures of English, and how to make powerful sentences. However, it became clear that Greg’s real passion was with ESL students.
Greg continued to teach ESL and develop Shoebox Grammar in his own time, often late at night and by himself. He wrote everything down and started to build a library of all the patterns and structures he had discovered, as well as all his lesson ideas and secrets.
He also did a lot of research into the way students learn languages, brain development, memory, assessment, language acquisition and education theory.
He spoke at conferences and workshops in Perth (three times), Melbourne, Brisbane, New Orleans (twice), Cambridge (in England) and the Philippines. He trained teachers at Gramatica workshops, some of whom are still his friends, and who use Gramatica principles and teaching ideas regularly.
In the late 2010s, he changed the name to Gramatica, a word which means grammar in 39 languages around the world!
2020
Then, in April 2020, he decided to transform all his Gramatica ideas into online lessons. He researched the best online platform for this and started.
Now, in late August 2020, he is ready to launch and share Gramatica with the world!
Greg did his CELTA, where he learned a lot about teaching English.
2004+
After many years of teaching English with traditional coursebooks, Greg started to wonder: Is there a better way?
He could see patterns in the English language, patterns that made it easier for students to learn. He wondered why traditional coursebooks didn’t teach these patterns. He remembers leaving his classroom one day, walking along the street and thinking, “I should do something about this!”
He started to make learning cards (which he still uses in class sometimes!) and he also started to run workshops to share his ideas with other teachers.
2011
It was a university colleague who first thought of a name for Greg’s system. She called it Shoebox Grammar. At first, Greg got excited about showing Shoebox Grammar to primary students, teaching them the secrets and structures of English, and how to make powerful sentences. However, it became clear that Greg’s real passion was with ESL students.
Greg continued to teach ESL and develop Shoebox Grammar in his own time, often late at night and by himself. He wrote everything down and started to build a library of all the patterns and structures he had discovered, as well as all his lesson ideas and secrets.
He also did a lot of research into the way students learn languages, brain development, memory, assessment, language acquisition and education theory.
He spoke at conferences and workshops in Perth (three times), Melbourne, Brisbane, New Orleans (twice), Cambridge (in England) and the Philippines. He trained teachers at Gramatica workshops, some of whom are still his friends, and who use Gramatica principles and teaching ideas regularly.
In the late 2010s, he changed the name to Gramatica, a word which means grammar in 39 languages around the world!
2020
Then, in April 2020, he decided to transform all his Gramatica ideas into online lessons. He researched the best online platform for this and started.
Now, in late August 2020, he is ready to launch and share Gramatica with the world!
Why is Gramatica different?
Why Gramatica?
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