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The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating
Centre (EPPI-Centre), http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/ , affiliated with the
University of London, has done some interesting work on this issue.
Have any of you read these reports? I found them pretty convincing.
http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=229
http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=231
Janet Castilleja
Heritage University
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:50 PM
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Subject: [BULK] Re: From the esoteric`to the exoteric was Re: Functional
grammar definition
Importance: Low
The point that Robert makes concerning the inability some students have
in
learning about grammar and then applying it, raises a fundamental
problem
which partly explains the advocacy of the abolition of the teaching of
grammar. However, what the advocates failed to do was to demonstrate
empirically that such learners were able to learn more by means of
exposure - and, I might add, never have done. And then, of course, the
abolition of grammar teaching unnecessarily penalised those who could
benefit therefrom..
As to the so-called colleague who 'publicly' corrected Robert's
grammar,
what can one say about such egregious behaviour. Typical I'm afraid of
pretentiously pedantic 'pedagogues'..
Ron Sheen.
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