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Publication Date: 2022-Mar
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Grammar Teaching Practices of ESOL School Teachers
TESOL Journal, v13 n1 e611 Mar 2022
Although judicious grammar teaching in college ESOL instruction is generally accepted, little is known about the grammar teaching practices of teachers of school-age English language learners (ELLs), who are learning academic content as well as a new language. In this study, 86 primary and secondary teachers of ELLs in a U.S. metropolitan area were surveyed about teaching grammar; nine also participated in a focus group. Most integrate grammar teaching into literacy instruction and use a wide range of approaches, including, but not limited to, explicit teaching of rules or patterns. However, their teaching is complicated by varied student literacy levels, the demands of high-stakes testing, time constraints, limited connection with higher levels of discourse, and inconsistent administrator support and curricular integration. Results suggest the need for teacher--peer collaboration and common frameworks as teachers and students connect forms and meaning across content discourses and, in teacher education, equipping teachers with a dynamic and socially situated pedagogical grammar that moves beyond "error correction" to provide "a linguistic resource for making meaning" (Myhill, 2005, p. 84).
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Language Teachers, Educational Practices
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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