What is the place of grammar in language teaching? How necessary is it for a teacher of English as a foreign language to have knowledge of English grammar?

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Language is a ‘system of meaning’. This is to say that, when people use language, their language acts are the expression of meaning. From this point of view the grammar becomes a study of how meaning are build up through the use of words and other linguistic forms such as tone and emphasis. This may seem fairly obvious to most people since it accords with a commonsense view of language, but not all linguists have been concerned with in such a direct way.

Grammar is a description of the structure of a language and the way in which linguistic units such as words and phrases are combined to produce sentences in the language. (Richards, Platt and Weber, 1985)

What we learn in Grammar is that ‘knowing’ a language can occur at several different levels. ‘Knowing’ a language so that students can use it is not the same as ‘knowing’ a language so that the students can explain how it works. It is the purpose of teaching grammar how language works.

참고자료

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· Larsen,D. “Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring”. USA: Thomson & Heinle, 2003.
· Cook, V. “Second Language Learning and Language Teaching” London: Hodder Education, 2008.
· Barry, K. A. “English Grammar: Language as Human Behavior”. USA: Pearson Education, Inc. 2002.
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· Hagemann, A. J. “Teaching Grammar”. USA: Pearson Education, Inc. 2003.