Grammar Instruction in Language Development: Rationale and Technique.

Mohammed, Abdelmoneim M.

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ERIC Number: EJ516299

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Grammar Instruction in Language Development: Rationale and Technique.

Mohammed, Abdelmoneim M.

Language Awareness, v4 n1 p49-58 1995

Argues that the teaching of grammar supplements learners' natural tendency to formulate and test hypotheses about the language. Complicated linguistic analyses can impede this process. Pedagogical grammar can be made less formal by keeping the analysis and metalanguage to the minimum. (36 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Objectives, Feedback, Grammar, Language Processing, Learning Processes, Metalinguistics, Sentence Structure, Student Centered Curriculum, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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