Carolyn
I was an undergrad major in Government and Politics
and Criminal Justice. Neither content areas required grammar
instruction. In fact, the first time I was required to take a grammar
class was when I was doing my Masters in TESOL. I thank God for my sixth
grade teacher who believed in the importance of sentence diagramming. Till
this day I have used that to help identify certain parts of a sentence. I
applaud you for not introducing grammar as a separate field to your
students. Grammar is part of every course because it aids in our
literacy. It is not separated from any aspect of education.
Unfortunately, too many people do not recognize the importance of it. I am
not talking about prescriptive grammar but just the structural grammar so that
students can understand the function of their language, whatever language that
may be.
Alison
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I
have ended up where I needed to be. "
~ Kahlil Douglas
Adams