Errors in the Research into the Effectiveness of Grammar Teaching.

Tomlinson, David

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ERIC Number: EJ477343

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Errors in the Research into the Effectiveness of Grammar Teaching.

Tomlinson, David

English in Education, v28 n1 p20-26 Spr 1994

Asks whether the sustained instruction in the "basics" of English, especially grammar, is being unrightfully ignored. Challenges teachers who claim that instruction in grammar is unneeded or ill-advised. Counters such assertions by examining two research studies purportedly proving the ineffectiveness of teaching grammar. (HB)

Descriptors: Back to Basics, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Grammar, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Research, Linguistics, Teaching Methods, Writing Research

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Back to Basics: The Essentials of English Teaching.