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The Role of Grammar in the Curriculum

The Role of Grammar in the Curriculum. Michael E. Rudder, Ph.D. Regional English Language Officer U.S. Embassy. Pre-CLT: Post-CLT:. -Prescriptive -Descriptive -Correction (accuracy) -selection (appropriate option)

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The Role of Grammar in the Curriculum

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  1. The Role of Grammar in the Curriculum Michael E. Rudder, Ph.D. Regional English Language Officer U.S. Embassy

  2. Pre-CLT: Post-CLT: -Prescriptive-Descriptive -Correction(accuracy)-selection(appropriate option) -minimal context -broad context(utterance/sentence) (discourse) -formal(rules/forms)-functional(use in communication)

  3. Pre-CLT: Post-CLT: -taught deductively-taught inductively -discrete items of study -integrated with skills -decontextualized -contextualized

  4. Grammar: To teach or not to teach? • What is unconsciously absorbed by natural acquisition is refined by conscious learning. (Stephen Krashen) • The importance of grammar can be derived from the proficiencies developed by the language curriculum. (Jack Richards) • Grammar affects performance in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. (Diane Larsen-Freeman)

  5. Deductive vs. Inductive Deductive • Individual learning styles/preferences • Favored by some older and analytically-minded learners Inductive • More like natural language acquisition • Conforms more to concept of interlanguage development • Communicative “feel” for language • Intrinsic motivation

  6. Grammar Practice (Larsen-Freeman) • Form-based • Meaning-based • Communicative-based

  7. Form-based Production (Penny Ur) • Awareness • Controlled drills • Meaningful drills • Guided meaningful practice • Structure-based free sentence composition • Structure-based discourse • Free discourse

  8. Other Considerations • Mode of presentation (oral/written) • Terminology • Language (L1 or L2) • Explanation (balance between accuracy and simplicity)

  9. Some Recommendations • Practice reflecting authentic language in real life contexts • Integration with four basic skills • Use of visual aids (charts/graphs/maps/pictures/realia) • Attention to purpose and communicative need • Motivation (humor/games/“personalization”)

  10. Alabama Love Poem Non-standard Grammar • 1. Emphasis: Ain’t = negative + BE (am/is/are + not) (often used with doublenegative)Done + verb form (...done fell/eat/left) (used for present perfect tense)  • 2. Ellipsis: yo’ = your mo’ = more ‘bout = about ya’ = you

  11. Other vocabulary just as soon = rather half brother / sister = having one parent in common but with a different father or mother kin = family relation gal = girl father = pa, pappy, pop, pops, dad, daddy mother = ma, mama, mammy, mom, mommy

  12. Alabama Love Poem Anonymous Susie Lee done fell in love; She planned to marry Joe. She was so happy ‘bout it all She told her Pappy so.  Pappy told her, “Susie gal, You’ll have to find another. I’d just as soon yo’ Ma don’t know, But Joe is yo’ half brother.”

  13. So Susie put aside her Joe And planned to marry Will. But after telling Pappy this, He said, “There's trouble still. You can’t marry Will, my gal, And please don’t tell your Mother, But Will and Joe and several mo’ I know is yo’ half brother.”  But Mama knew and said, “My child, Just do what makes ya’ happy. Marry Will or marry Joe. You ain’t no kin to Pappy.”

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