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The Role of Grammar in the Writing Curriculum: A Review of the Literature
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Myhill, Debra; Watson, Annabel – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
For most Anglophone countries, the history of grammar teaching over the past 50 years is one of contestation, debate and dissent: and 50 years on we are no closer to reaching a consensus about the role of grammar in the English/Language Arts curriculum. The debate has been described through the metaphor of battle and grammar wars (Kamler, 1995;…
Descriptors: Role, Grammar, Writing Instruction, English Instruction
Successmaker®. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report. Updated November 2015
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has updated its 2009 intervention report for SuccessMaker®, a set of computer-based courses designed to supplement regular K-8 reading instruction. The program is designed to improve skills in areas such as concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
The Great Literacy Debate: A Critical Response to the Literacy Strategy and the Framework for English
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Goodwyn, Andrew, Ed.; Fuller, Carol, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The nature of literacy is an issue of global debate. When the National Literacy Strategy [NLS] was introduced into UK schools it was arguably the most ambitious educational reform programme in the world, and the controversy necessarily intensified. How can the impact of such reforms be assessed? In its ten year history the NLS affected every…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Learning about Language: Written Conversations and Elementary Language Learners
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Van Sluys, Katie; Laman, Tasha Tropp – Reading Teacher, 2006
Many approaches to literacy instruction treat language as an object of study. The curricular assumptions that inform such instruction are that language is located outside the person, extracted from context, neutral, and explicable through defined rules. An underlying assumption in many language arts classrooms is that children will not pay…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Written Language, Literacy Education, Language Arts
"Such Bitter Business"--This "Rule" on Prepositions.
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Spear, Michael M. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1999
Examines the confusion among writers, teachers, and students regarding the mistaken "rule" that writers must not put prepositions at the end of sentences. Examines what writing handbooks, students, working journalists, writers, and those with a keen interest in the language say about the rule. Outlines the history of this "rule" and offers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar, Higher Education
Language Arts: Texts and Supplements.
Curriculum Review, 1979
Reviewed are 14 recent programs, texts, supplements, kits, and teacher references in reading, writing, and language skills, including the "Passport Series," a literature/composition program for grades 9-12, and "The Amazing Adventures of Harvey Crumbaker," a supplementary program for improving basic competency skills in secondary students.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Book Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education