The ACT reported recently that college professors rank grammar as the most important skill for students entering college, while high-school teachers consider it the least important. The ACT thinks ...

How does a teacher respond? Usually this way: “We don’t say, ‘Janae need a marker.’ We say, ‘Janae needs a marker.'” What the teacher needs is a new approach, according to two local educators ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Jill Kitson: Welcome to Lingua Franca. This week: Why teach grammar in school? Melbourne University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shutterstock Many students are returning to school this year face a renewed focus on grammar. Just before Christmas, the NSW ...

ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE is not, as the saying goes, the same thing as evidence of absence. But if you continue looking for something intently, and keep failing to find it, you can be forgiven for starting ...

The role of grammar instruction in the development of effective writing has long been recognised as a cornerstone of educational practice. Recent pedagogical models emphasise the integration of ...

Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is reshaping ESL classrooms by centering lessons on real-world communication instead of isolated grammar drills. This learner-focused method boosts fluency, ...

Many students are confused about grammar and sentence structure – so should universities teach it explicitly? Words image from www.shutterstock.com Imagine a student turning up at university and not ...

Grammar instruction may have waned in some classrooms starting in the early 2000s, largely because the high-stakes tests required by the No Child Left Behind law didn’t assess grammar specifically.