Teaching Grammar: Is Structural Linguistics Really Better?.

Gann, Marjorie

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ERIC Number: EJ308241

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Publication Date: 1984

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Teaching Grammar: Is Structural Linguistics Really Better?

Gann, Marjorie

English Quarterly, v17 n1 p31-53 Spr 1984

Discusses the continuing controversy over how to teach grammar. Finds that the traditional, structural, and transformational approaches each have their strengths and weaknesses, with none clearly better than the others. Suggests that the teaching of grammar, while not the key to improvement in written English, will always have a place in the English curriculum. (RBW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, English, English Curriculum, Grammar, Secondary Education, Structural Grammar, Structural Linguistics, Teaching Methods, Traditional Grammar, Transformational Generative Grammar

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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