Thank you. I am only halfway through his article, but
it seems quite important. I currently give formal
grammar instruction to four freshman sections of basic
writing (at the most basic level) and I am trying to
figure out why so few of the other composition
teachers do this. I am sure that there is value in it,
but I suppose that this needs to be proved.
CLM
--- Bob Yates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Carol,
> 
> In the grammar course I teach for pre-service
> English teachers, I make specific mention of them. 
> 
>  If there is one grammar Hartwell leaves out, it is
> one that describes the kind of grammar an second
> language learner of English needs to have.  
> 
> Bob Yates, University of Central Missouri
> 
> >>> Carol Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
> 10/18/2007 12:30 PM >>>
> Can someone tell me whether the (5) categories of
> grammar that Hartwell outlines (Grammar 1-Grammar 5)
> are commonly referred to when one speaks of teaching
> grammar? The article to which I am referring is
> "Grammar, Grammars, and the Teaching of Grammar."
> Until reading this article, I did not realize that
> grammar had been divided into those classifications.
> Thank you.
>    
>   Carol Morrison 
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