Опора на внутреннюю форму артикля при определении значения существительного (на материале английского языка)

Abstract

The article reveals the author‘s vision of how to teach English grammar. The main idea is that, firstly, students should be taught the essence of a grammar phenomenon; they are supposed to understand the inner form of it. This methodological idea is considered on the basis of the grammatical theme ―The Article‖. It is illustrated how students learn the meaning of articles with the help of an educational dialogue and problem tables, then build microgrammar rules and use them in practice. The teacher only directs their activity. This approach helps students to guess the meaning of countable and uncountable nouns and consequently be a success in oral speech and translation.