[lg policy] Sri Lanka: Avoiding teaching grammar in communicative classroom

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Daily News



Avoiding teaching grammar in communicative classroom



When I introduced the Speech-fronted program to the new entrants of
the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, there was a burning
question that came from all quarters: coordinators of different sorts,
teachers who taught in the program and others who were not in the
program raised a question: Aren't you going to teach grammar? My
answer was "No!" Then I added, grammar is taught not the way we used
to do before, that is, giving all the grammar points long before
students feel the need to use them but as and when students require
them to carry out a task.



Full story:

http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/11/16/fea04.asp

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