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Algeo, John – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Outlines three senses of the term grammar, why some type of grammar should be taught, the three types of grammatical description that can be taught, and four procedures and four conditions for teaching any type of grammar. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Grammar, Grammatical Acceptability, Sentence Diagraming
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Gann, Marjorie – English Quarterly, 1984
Discusses the continuing controversy over how to teach grammar. Finds that the traditional, structural, and transformational approaches each have their strengths and weaknesses, with none clearly better than the others. Suggests that the teaching of grammar, while not the key to improvement in written English, will always have a place in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, English, English Curriculum
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Bassett, Patrick F. – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
The author makes a case for teaching traditional prescriptive grammar for 10 weeks at the beginning of the tenth grade. (JM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Kernel Sentences, Secondary Education
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Rose, Shirley K. – College English, 1983
Examines the use of sentence combining as a bridge between grammar and rhetoric during the past 100 years. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Rutherford, William E. – 1983
Past perceptions of the role of grammar in the second language syllabus have been limited by the attitude that grammatical content should be addressed directly in the language classroom and that it is limited to language items and rules with definable boundaries. However, language has properties crucial to its use for communication that are not…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design