The Conversation

Grammar still matters – but teachers are struggling to teach it

Willem Hollmann is affiliated with the Committee for Linguistics in Education (CLiE) and with the Education Committee of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB). Do you know what a suffix ...
The Conversation

Learning grammar is just as important as it always was but the way we teach it has changed

John Munro. has in the past been a chief investigator on ARC-funded projects Many students returning to school this year face a renewed focus on grammar. Just before Christmas, the NSW curriculum was ...
BBC

MFL teaching aids: Asking effective questions - grammar building blocks (KS3)

when teaching the present tense for example. Best just to stick with one of those types of verbs. Can you see if you can write out the sentence again, in French underneath on your sheets? So we'd ...
Sydney Morning Herald

How does grammar help writing? And who should teach it?

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A recent report into Australia’s NAPLAN results showed that in 2019 close to a quarter of boys and 10 per cent of girls in year 9 were ...
The Daily Telegraph

Teachers 'do not know enough grammar to teach new curriculum'

Bas Aarts, Professor of English Linguistics at University College London, said that new tests introduced by Education Secretary Michael Gove for pupils up to the age of 14 demanded a greater knowledge ...