Grammar Should Be Taught In Australian Schools

I will start with a journey through a hellacious class focused around grammar. Coming into the WCSCC as a 12th grader, I was astonished at how little skill I had when it came to grammar. It still boggles my mind that it took twelve years of school before I met a teacher who really, really cared about how I composed my sentences. She wanted us to know what adjectives, prepositions, nouns, pronouns, and run on sentences were. However, she knew we didn’t. On the first day of class, she made the

Harper’s concurrent grammar class had any hope of writing the research paper with any amount of ease. Every member of the junior class knew of an upperclassman who had received scores in the negative thousands on their rough drafts. Being a completive soul, I knew that I would be able to use the knowledge gleaned from the elective grammar class to fix any problems that may arise in my upcoming research paper.

This course pushed me to push myself more. Professor Pessia challenged us to improve our grammar in responding to discussion questions, and required us to answer the questions with substance and valuable resources. Therefore, it challenged me to work on enhancing my grammar in writing my papers and in choosing credible resources for my papers.

English is such a crucial learning point in our children’s lives, as no matter what career choice students’ take being able to write efficiently and professionally will be important in improving their life. It opens more opportunities for students to further not only their future professional lives, but their personal lives as well. I am very passionate about English and all that entails. I want to instill the importance of not only correct grammar and sentence structure, but also introduce the

When David Crystal, shared that grammar was not taught in schools from 1960 through the earlier 1990s', I had clarity. Knowing that now helps me understand some of the deficiencies I have struggle with in my life concerning writing. I will discuss the effects of not being taught grammar in school, college, and the work place.

In a classroom setting, there is immense focus on proper grammar and structure, and students will lose points and receive bad grades if they do not follow these rules taught and enforced by their teacher. The meaning of students’ writing will be overlooked if it isn’t grammatically perfect. The emphasis on English propriety is a prominent characteristic of the way English is taught, and it is one of the main problems. All too often in English, there is little place to express creativity and move away from the canon that is common in the education of the subject. Unfortunately, in my personal experience, this has been the case.

I have had numerous English classes from the time I was six until now. In these English classes I have learned much, ranging from forming simple sentences to learning about adverbial clauses. In my most recent English class, however, I learned little. Mrs. Childers, my English II teacher, taught us how to analyze different texts, and she taught several dozen grammar rules- most of which I had already learned. Even though I experienced high and low points in the class, I discovered a strength that I did not know that I possessed.

In the second part of the activity, (procedure 7i & 7ii) a group is selected to share their answers and justify their decision making process. Facilitating this Assessment for Learning, allows the teacher to address any potential knowledge gaps that may arise. Moreover, it exercises the students’ ability to “develop their own understandings” of applying grammar, and internalise the content in a meaningful way. (Nunan, 1998, p.108)

The demand of involvement of grammar in the literacy curriculum has decreased exponentially over the years, as more and more technology has been released. This could be good for many people to use proper grammar without learning it, yet could impact lives negatively as well. In a survey showed by managers "75 percent said it was worse for an applicant to have a spelling or grammar error on his application than for him to show up late or... swear during an interview..."(Fogarty). Managers state that grammar

When you write, you most likely try your best to use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Do you ever find it confusing and have trouble remembering all of the rules? That is perfectly normal! There are so many rules in the English language relating to grammar, punctuation, and capitalization that

Prior to my senior year, I remember just one grammar lesson. “He Eats, Shoots and Leaves” was a picture book that my fifth grade teacher read to the class. The author wrote every sentence twice, with a comma in a different place each time. Moving the comma would completely change the meaning of the sentence in order to emphasize the importance of punctuation. It was funny, creative and I enjoyed it. I definitely sat through many grammar lessons throughout elementary school, but none - aside from “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” - stuck with me. In elementary school learning grammar was something that I would have to tolerate before I could get to the more creative aspects of English class which I loved, however as I’ve gotten older I’ve come to understand

Ever wonder how good grammar can lead to success? Think about it like this, say you just sent an essay to the college of your dreams, and you’ve worked on that essay for weeks fixing it, making sure the grammar is perfect. Finally the letter you been waiting for is here, and you’re so nervous and scared to see what it says. Once you open it you see that you’ve gotten accepted, and they’re amazed with the grammar used in your essay, and that they’ll love having someone with that good of a grammar at their college. Good grammar doesn’t only lead to good success, but great opportunities in life which is better for our future.

It is not uncommon to say that grammar instruction plays an important role in language teaching. Regarding the status and importance of grammar teaching, a variety of opinions have been made. Batstone (1994) states that “language without grammar would be chaotic: countless words without the indispensable guidelines for how they can be ordered and modified” (p. 4). More vividly, Wang (2010) makes two similes. She compares grammar to the frame of a house, which is a decisive factor to ensure the solidness of it. Additionally, she regards grammar as a walking stick, whose function is to help and support students to learn English. Thus, the nature of grammar instruction manifests its own significance as it helps students

Larsen-Freeman (2001) as cited in Mart (2013), describes grammar as a system of meaningful structures and patterns that are governed by particular pragmatic constraints. This clearly indicates that grammar plays a crucial role in learning the target language. Grammar instruction is one of the most difficult issues that people have encountered in language learning and teaching. Therefore, the best way to overcome this issue is by

Grammar has always been an important issue in second and foreign language learning and teaching. Some hold the view that grammar is not essential for second/foreign language learning and therefore have a ‘zero position’ regarding grammar teaching. On the other hand, some view that grammar is necessary for second/foreign language learning.