Best Way to Teach English Grammar

Best Way to Teach English Grammar

The latest effective research-based reading textbooks teach
comprehension as a skill of the reader, but comprehension
depends equally on the quality of the writing. Good nonfiction
and most good fiction start with good grammar. The reader does
not need to know technical grammar; grammar is the responsibility
of the writer. Traditional phonics is designed to TEACH READING.
Literacy program researchers and teachers consider writing and its
accompanying grammar to be secondary.
The way in which teachers now teach writing is an example
of how standards-based curriculum impact teachers. Writing is
primarily a group project in which self-expression is emphasized.
Grammar is considered a restraint on expression. The opposite is true.
The best way to teach English grammar is not as rigid rules. In fact
grammar gives writers great latitude in emphasis and emotion while
giving clarity to the text for the reader. The parts of speech are mobile
and interchangeable, one part often acting as if it were another.
Sentences often contain phrases or clauses that act as a single
part of speech. Grammar is not static; it slowly but constantly changes
what is considered correct usage. The writer uses grammar
like a symphony conductor uses the orchestra.
The education of children in home school should include grammar
help, and the best way to teach English grammar is as a course with
coverage of, and reference to, multiple parts of speech. Good grammar
helps acceptance into higher education, and homeschooled
children can efficiently acquire good grammar through this book.
Grammar as a course is considered a necessity for ESL students.
Copious grammar help is offered by journals on teaching grammar to
English language learners for whom English is a second language.
"The Write Way to Read" content of Phase Nine:
Teach a complete grammar course, excluding over 100 grammar terms,
covering punctuation, capitalization, eight parts of speech, sentence
structure and function.
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