The New Grammarians and the Language Teacher.

Alexander, L. G.

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ERIC Number: EJ018761

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Publication Date: 1969

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The New Grammarians and the Language Teacher

Alexander, L. G.

Engl Lang Teaching, 24, 1, 5-11, 69 Oct

In acknowledging the debt of language teaching to recent developments in linguistics, the author opposes the transformational grammarian's view that habit-forming drills and the creative use of language are diametrically opposed. (FWB)

Descriptors: Creative Expression, Deep Structure, Habit Formation, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Literature, Pattern Drills (Language), Surface Structure, Teaching Methods, Transformational Generative Grammar

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