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Peer reviewedWall, Dana – English Journal, 1971
Examines the reasons for and the value of, teaching grammar through drill. Suggests other methods for teaching effective oral and written communication. (RB)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Elementary Education, Function Words, Linguistics
Klein, Jean Rene – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1978
Presents an overview of the treatment of linguistic principles in recent French grammar books. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistics
Download full textBLAKE, ROBERT W. – 1966
BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS DURING THE ACTUAL STUDY, THIS PROJECT WAS DELIMITED TO THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING MATERIALS ADAPTED FROM STRUCTURAL AND GENERATIVE GRAMMARS UPON THE ABILITY OF SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS TO WRITE MORE MATURE COMPOSITIONS. FORTY-THREE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICALLY-ORIENTED MATERIALS DESIGNED TO…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 7, Grammar, Linguistics
Ervin, Jane – Grade Teacher, 1969
Part of the Grade Teacher special report, "Linguistics and the Language Arts.
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Grammar, Induction, Language Arts
GALE, IRMA FRANCES – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE COMPLEXITY OF WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS OF FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN A LINGUISTICALLY-ORIENTED LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF THE WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS OF STUDENTS WHO WERE TAUGHT TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND A CONTROL GROUP WERE EACH COMPOSED OF 32 STUDENTS AND WERE EQUALIZED…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 5, Grammar, Language Arts
ALLEN, HAROLD B. – 1963
THE DESCRIPTIVE SCIENCE OF LINGUISTICS AND THE SKILL OF WRITTEN COMPOSITION MEET IN THE "SENTENCE," AND THE INFORMATION WHICH LINGUISTICS PROVIDES ON SENTENCE STRUCTURE CAN AID THE TEACHER OF COMPOSITION. ALTHOUGH TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR DOES NOT IMPROVE A STUDENT'S WRITING, CONSTITUENT GRAMMAR AND TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR, BY PRESENTING METHODS OF…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, Paragraph Composition, Punctuation
Crews, Ruthellen – 1968
This study compared a grammar program using a linguistic approach with one using a traditional approach to determine how each affects children's ability (1) to construct sentences which have variety in structure, and (2) to comprehend silent reading. Five experimental and five control classes of fourth-grade children were randomly selected from…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Grade 4
Harsh, Wayne – 1965
The approaches of traditional grammar, descriptive linguistics, and generative grammar are largely complementary rather than exclusive. Traditional grammar defines eight parts of speech according to meaning or function and concerns itself almost wholely with the written language. Descriptive linguistics postulates that English has a set of unique…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Form Classes (Languages)
Torrey, Jane W. – 1966
An experiment in language behavior comparing two methods of learning grammatical word order in a new language presents scientific evidence supporting the use of pattern drills in foreign language teaching. The experiment reviews the performance of three groups attempting to learn small segments of Russian "microlanguage": (1) a drill group learned…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Educational Experiments, Grammar
