This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Jeff Anderson's lessons involve shifting focus between writing or reading and specific grammar problems inner-city middle school students ...

In this resource, we explore how grammar can be taught rhetorically where the focus is on the learner understanding the writing situation, making effective choices while constructing sentences, ...

Two 8th graders at the Turner-Drew Language Academy on Chicago’s South Side believe it is easier to learn Russian than English, their native language. “I’m getting straight A’s in (Russian),” said ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Plans for new primary school grammar tests in England will hold a "gun to the head" of teachers, experts say. The National Association for the Teaching of English says a revised focus on spelling, ...

The teaching of grammar in primary schools in England (a key feature of England's national curriculum) does not appear to help children's narrative writing, although it may help them generate ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the first half of the twentieth century, English grammar disappeared from the curriculum of most schools in England, but since the 1960s it ...