One-Minute Grammar: How It Works and Why We Use It

One-Minute Grammar is the shortest and easiest activity in the course.

Each video is exactly one minute long.

The goal is simple:

Help students get a quick, general idea of the grammar.

We do not explain many rules in the first lesson. We only want students to notice the grammar.

---

Why We Don’t Use the “Three P’s”

Many teacher training programs teach the Three P’s:

• Presentation

• Practice

• Production

In real classrooms, this often does not work well because:

• The presentation is too long

• Students are passive

• Practice takes too much time

• Production is often artificial and not real communication

It becomes:

Passive – Passive – Passive

---

Our System: OEC

Instead, this course uses a system called OEC:

1. Orientation & Observation

• Watch the 1-minute grammar video

• Get the basic idea

• Do not study deeply

2. Experimentation & Evaluation

• Try the grammar a little

• Simple practice

• Short and easy

3. Communication & Creation

• Use the grammar in real listening and speaking

• Conversations

• Assignments

• Daily Private Podcast

This pattern is used in every lesson set in the course.

---

What Happens in Each Unit

At the start of a unit, students:

1. Watch the One-Minute Grammar video

2. Take a short 10-question quiz

3. Optionally read a simple grammar script

The script is:

• Easy to read

• Short

• Not full of long rule explanations

---

Why This Works

This method matches how people really learn language.

You learned your first language by:

• Hearing it

• Noticing patterns

• Using it many times

Not by studying grammar books first.

Students will hear the grammar again and again in:

• The Daily Private Podcast

• Conversations

• Course activities

Over time, the grammar becomes natural.

---

What About Grammar Rules?

There is a detailed grammar lesson:

• A short mini-lecture

• Available at the end of each unit

Students can watch it first, but we do not recommend that.

It is better to:

Hear the grammar → notice it → use it → then study the rules.

---

Summary

One-Minute Grammar is:

• Short (1 minute)

• Easy

• Low stress

• Listening-first

• Training-focused, not lecture-focused

It helps students start using grammar quickly and naturally.