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Teaching Grammar: Is Structural Linguistics Really Better?
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Gann, Marjorie – English Quarterly, 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…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, English, English Curriculum