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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > teaching and grammer
teaching and grammer
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floona
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teaching and grammer
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hi all
i have a question? what do you thing about the following sentence:
teaching english should involve grammer? it �s right or rong .. think about it |
25 Sep 2009
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eng789
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Teaching English should involve grammar. It is a statement not a question.
Should teaching English involve grammar? Is a possible question. |
25 Sep 2009
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mysweetself
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I don �t want to sound rude.....But your sentence or question is not that clear at all...Are you refering to the idea that grammar is important in learning English or you just want to correct the statement and re-write it again.
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25 Sep 2009
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**********
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Well, my dear Flona, both grammar and idea are out of question as far as being right is concerned. |
25 Sep 2009
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi Belle,
Have you seen Miss Noor around? Where?
This is turning quite amusing, it seems that people who are in the forum, are not the people who are in the forum ?
Wowwwwww!!!!!!
Is this correct , I mean, grammar and so and so, and so.
What is going on here? Who is talking in the forum
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26 Sep 2009
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Do you think so, Mariethe?I �d rather be...
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26 Sep 2009
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Carla Horne
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Hi Eng789,
That is a very philosophical question, and I love it.
Even if you are only learning to speak English, it would be hard not to learn some grammar for we do have a syntax that we follow. When we don �t follow our syntax, we must use punctuation to show that we are doing something different or trying to be creative. English is at its worst when we don �t vary our sentences. I think this is why poetry is so wonderful and creative.
I �m sure you have heard of this one: If no one hears a tree fall in the forest, did it make a noise?
Carla
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26 Sep 2009
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PhilipR
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Of course a falling tree makes a noise, even if no-one �s around to hear it.
When young native speakers learn their mother tongue, they acquire grammar naturally, i.e. there is very little need to explain all the rules behind sentence structure and such. They are immersed int he language daily and pick up what parents and others tell them.
When non-native speakers start learning English, it �s a little more complicated. Because of the limited possibilities of hearing and using English regularly, it is not a bad idea to teach some basic grammar when students are studying English.
Nowadays, most contemporary course books incorporate (some) grammar into the 4 skills that are being taught, without having overly long grammar explanations, though. Not a bad idea, since pure grammar lessons are often considered absolutely boring.
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26 Sep 2009
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Carla Horne
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Hi PhilipR,
Are you sure that tree makes a noise? Without the human ear, who is to say what noise is? Animals cannot speak, so how do we know that they interpret a falling tree as sound?
Carla
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26 Sep 2009
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