A Verb is Something to Eat, or Why Students Have Trouble Digesting Traditional Grammar.

Garner, Mark; Collins, Peter

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Publication Date: 1980

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A Verb is Something to Eat, or Why Students Have Trouble Digesting Traditional Grammar.

Garner, Mark; Collins, Peter

Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, v16 n2 p24-30 1980

Reports on the results and implications of a study intended to discover the causes of students' resistance to learning grammar as a subject. The study was based on an optional course in traditional grammar for second-year education students preparing to become English teachers. (MES)

Descriptors: Elective Courses, English, English Teacher Education, Grammar, Higher Education, Native Language Instruction, Questionnaires, Schools of Education, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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