Jean Mulder, Caroline Thomas
This paper argues that an educationally meaningful approach to the teaching and learning of grammar within English involves incorporating both a diverse range of knowledge and awareness about language and contextualising it within actual language use and real-world texts. In rethinking approaches to grammar, the authors contend that it is important not to 'chuck out' present teaching approaches with their emphasis on language as communication, but to combine the explicit teaching of grammar with the study of language, and to ensure that each grammatical concept is introduced within the context of a particular aspect of language use.
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Susan Hill, Nicola Launder
A study at a South Australian primary school has examined ways to assist the literacy development of diverse, disadvantaged students in their first year of school – Bridging Divides conference.
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Linda Kugan
Examining transcripts of classroom discussions can give teachers better ways to help students explain, connect and question information in texts – Reading Psychology.
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