2021
DOI: 10.1080/04250494.2021.1885975
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Grammar re-imagined: foregrounding understanding of language choice in writing

Abstract: The topic of grammar teaching has remained a stubbornly contentious subject of discussion for more than 50 years, tending towards binary, even polemical, positions. Yet scrutiny of the research shows how little attention has been afforded to considering what the relationship between learning about grammar and learning about being a language user might be; or to effective pedagogical practices for teaching grammar. Instead, the debate has reverted to inappropriate "what works" discourses. This article discusses… Show more

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“…More productive and descriptive approaches to writing (e.g. Myhill, 2021) have shown the power in conceptualising grammar as a series of choices to be made, as opposed to prescriptive and tightly regulated rules.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…More productive and descriptive approaches to writing (e.g. Myhill, 2021) have shown the power in conceptualising grammar as a series of choices to be made, as opposed to prescriptive and tightly regulated rules.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…‘Real’ language is that which is familiar to children in their own spoken language practices, arising from their own language or from examples they are likely to encounter in everyday life, for example, in children's books. The development of a ‘grammar as choice’ pedagogy (Myhill, 2021) emphasises that language use should be based on purposeful, appropriate choices made by a writer (rather than to fulfil a checklist of criteria) and that children's writing should be for authentic purposes.…”
Section: Current Approaches To Adjective Learning In the Classroommentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies (Higgs & Clifford, 1982) have shown the benefits of explicit grammar instruction and sociocultural theory recommends that it is semantically linked to a course (Lantolf & Poehner, 2014). Thus, functional grammar, which emphasizes grammatical choice as a tool to express meaning (Myhill, 2021) is taught as a part of a course but the teaching of grammar follows the discourse logic of a course.…”
Section: The Contentmentioning
confidence: 99%