Teacher to Teacher: What Is Your Most Compelling Reason for Teaching Grammar?

Titel	Teacher to Teacher: What Is Your Most Compelling Reason for Teaching Grammar?
Quelle	In: English Journal, 95 (2006) 5, S.18-21 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	English Teachers; Grammar; Secondary School Teachers; Metalinguistics; Writing (Composition); Teaching Methods; Writing Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Grammatik; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Schreibübung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibunterricht
Abstract	This article presents compelling reasons from teachers why they teach grammar. Amy Benjamin from Hendrick Hudson High School says, she teaches grammar for two reasons. The first is that grammar instruction gives students metalanguage, "language about language." The second reason is that students are interested in language--its changes and variations--and they feel gratified to learn how it works and what it can do. Carol Jago from Santa Monica High School says, she teaches grammar to ensure that all her students, not only those with English teachers for mothers and pedants for fathers, will graduate knowing how to write without grammatical error. Wonderful ideas aren't enough; students need to be able to present their ideas with clarity and precision. Correctness matters. The rest of the article presents reasons from other teachers. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council of Teachers of English. 1111 West Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Tel: 877-369-6283; Tel: 217-328-3870; Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10