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WHY TEACH GRAMMAR? - Coggle Diagram
WHY TEACH GRAMMAR?
:check: In 1622, Joseph Webbe wrote: "No man can run speedily to the mark of language that is shackled... with grammar precepts". Means that grammar could be picked up through simply communicating.
:check: Webbe was the earliest educators to question the value of grammar instruction.
:check: Differences in attitude to the role of grammar underpin differences between methods, teachers, and learners
:silhouette: Penny Ur: "There is no doubt that a knowledge -implicit or explicit- of grammatical rules is essential for the mastery of a language".
:silhouette: Stephen Krashen: "The effects of grammar teaching is appear to be peripheral and fragile".
:silhouette: Tom Hutchinson: "A sound knowledge of grammar is essential if pupils are going to use English creatively".
:pen: Publicity of a London language school: 'Grammar is not very important: The majority of languages have a very complex grammar. English has little grammar and consequently it is not very important to understand it'.
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