Teaching English grammar / Robert C. Pooley.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1957.Description: xi, 207 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425.07 POO
Contents:
What is Grammar ? -- The development of grammar -- The rise of english grammar -- English grammar in the united states before 1900 -- Grammar in todays schools -- New approaches to grammar -- The background of surviving inflections -- English sentence patterns -- Observations on the teaching of english grammar -- Teaching language in the elementary school -- Grammar in the junior high school -- Grammar in the senior high school -- Grammar in college composition -- The evaluation of grammar teaching -- Index.
Summary: In the current setting of grammar teaching in the United States it is perhaps more foolhardy than courageous to offer a book on the subject. On the one hand the forces of tradition and conservatism cling so firmly to grammar as a school subject that anyone who ventures to suggest changes in content and method is condemned in advance. In direct contrast, the experi mental endeavors of contemporary linguists have laid so bare the inadequacies of traditional grammar as the means to the study of English that anyone fairly familiar with their work hesitates to refer to the older terminology of grammar, much less to advocate its use. Yet somehow this chasm must be bridged. English grammar has a useful part to play in the training of young people to use their language effectively. Those who teach grammar need help in deter mining exactly what is meant by the term, what content it does and does not include, for what purposes it is properly to be used, and what outcomes may be expected from its use.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

What is Grammar ? --
The development of grammar --
The rise of english grammar --
English grammar in the united states before 1900 --
Grammar in todays schools --
New approaches to grammar --
The background of surviving inflections --
English sentence patterns --
Observations on the teaching of english grammar --
Teaching language in the elementary school --
Grammar in the junior high school --
Grammar in the senior high school --
Grammar in college composition --
The evaluation of grammar teaching --
Index.

In the current setting of grammar teaching in the United States it is perhaps more foolhardy than courageous to offer a book on the subject. On the one hand the forces of tradition and conservatism cling so firmly to grammar as a school subject that anyone who ventures to suggest changes in content and method is condemned in advance. In direct contrast, the experi mental endeavors of contemporary linguists have laid so bare the inadequacies of traditional grammar as the means to the study of English that anyone fairly familiar with their work hesitates to refer to the older terminology of grammar, much less to advocate its use. Yet somehow this chasm must be bridged. English grammar has a useful part to play in the training of young people to use their language effectively. Those who teach grammar need help in deter mining exactly what is meant by the term, what content it does and does not include, for what purposes it is properly to be used, and what outcomes may be expected from its use.

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