Why we should teach grammar, Essays (high school) of English

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Why should

we teach

grammar?

Teaching and Assessment of Grammar BSED ENG 2

The sentence-

machine argument

Grammar, after all, is a description of the

regularities in a language, and knowledge of these

regularities provides the learner with the means to

generate a potentially enormous number of original

sentences

The fine-tuning argument Avery Daniel Olivia The teaching of grammar, it is argued, serves as a corrective against the kind of ambiguity represented in these examples.

The fossilization argument To put it technically, their linguistic competence fossilizes. Research suggests that learners who receive no instruction seem to be at risk of fossilizing sooner than those who do receive instruction.

The discrete item argument Language seen from 'outside', can seem to be a gigantic, shapeless mass, presenting an insuperable challenge for the learner, grammarians make language digestible.

The rule-of-law argument It follows from the discrete-item argument that, since grammar is a system of learnable rules, it lends itself to a view of teaching and learning known as transmission.

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