Is traditional grammar a waste of time?The Times for Wednesday 19 January 2005 contained an article entitled “Traditional grammar teaching is waste of time, say academics”. Is this what really academics say? If so, are they right?The teaching of grammar in schools has been around for a long time and has consistently been at the centre of debate over the course of history. Recently, The Times for Wednesday 19th January 2005 contained an article entitled “Traditional grammar teaching is waste of time, say academics”. My aim in this assignment is to find out what academics really say in regards to the issue concerning grammar teaching. I will predominantly concentrate on the effects of grammar teaching in relation to writing. I will ... Showed first 120 words of 3253 Size (words) ...

... Continuing with another 115 out of 3253 Size (words) ...research evidence. In Syntax in the Schools 17. 1-6. Dept of Phonetics and Linguistics, UCL Available from: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/writing.htm [Accessed 10 January 2006]Hudson, R. (2004) Language Education—Grammar In Brown, K. Language education: grammar, for the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd Ed) London, UK: 2006 Elsevier LtdAvailable from: ftp://ftp.phon.ucl.ac.uk/pub/Word-Grammar/ell2-edgram.pdf[Accessed 10 January 2006]Hudson, R. (2004) ‘Grammar for writing’ In Papers on education, UCL Department of Phonetics & Linguistics, 7th May 2004Available from: ftp://ftp.phon.ucl.ac.uk/pub/Word-Grammar/g4w.doc[Accessed 10 January 2006]Hudson, R. (2005) Why should grammar be taught? In ‘Grammar in the Secondary ...Essay still continues 100 more words...