The Conversation

Grammar still matters – but teachers are struggling to teach it

Willem Hollmann is affiliated with the Committee for Linguistics in Education (CLiE) and with the Education Committee of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB). Do you know what a suffix ...
Education Week

Will the Common Core Step Up Schools’ Focus on Grammar?

Grammar instruction may have waned in some classrooms starting in the early 2000s, largely because the high-stakes tests required by the No Child Left Behind law didn’t assess grammar specifically.
JSTOR Daily

Understanding the Complex Processes in Developing Student Teachers' Knowledge About Grammar

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article takes the view that grammar is driven by user choices and is therefore complex and dynamic. This has implications for the ...
The Conversation

Grammar matters and should be taught – differently

Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra I’m going to put it out there - most teachers don’t know enough about how the English language works [aka grammar], and this ...
Star Tribune

'Grammar Goddess' at Coon Rapids High mixes old-school standards with new teaching approaches

Living in the age of Twitter is no excuse for bad grammar. So says the "Grammar Goddess," Coon Rapids High School teacher Stephanie Tutt, who believes it's possible to maintain classic standards in an ...
JSTOR Daily

The English Patient: English Grammar and Teaching in the Twentieth Century

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the first half of the twentieth century, English grammar disappeared from the curriculum of most schools in England, but since the 1960s it ...