Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Education World-"Not Your Mother's Grammar Lessons"

The article I found was from the website Education World. It discussed important grammar related topics with an author. It pointed out that the issue most people outside of the education world believe to be debated is whether or not to teach grammar in schools. But the real controversy is over how to teach it. So many adults who grew up frustrated with how grammar was taught are now drawing more interest to the topic. Diagramming sentences should be things of the past, according to this author. She also beleives that not over using one particular technique could also help solve some of the frustration and hatred of grammar by so many students. I think that this is a key point. Not every student learns the same anyways. By trying several approaches, it may help promote all types of learners.

1 comment:

Shannon said...

What was the name of your article? I'm wondering what the ideas were that the author promoted for teaching grammar in the schools.