Modern Methodology in Teaching English Language
Modern methodologies in English Language Teaching
Effective ways to teach Grammar
By
Ms.K.RajalakshmiTherichselvam
Assistant Professor – I
Department of English
Kalasalingam University
Krishnankoil.
In teaching English to the learners, one must aim at making them efficient users of the language. The learners should be enabled to use the language for all their needs of communications. For the last several years, the teaching of grammar on schools has been the subject of criticism. There are some who argue that there is no correlation between the teaching of grammar and the pupils’ improvement in writing of English. They are of the opinion that a language is learnt not by learning its rules but by actually practicing it. English grammar as it came down to all was mostly based on Latin, Greek and Sanskrit. All these classical languages were studied and analyzed in great detail by Scholars. English grammar consisted of elaborate rules, definitions and exceptions about the structure of the language. It dealt mainly with the physical forms of words, word endings, word groups and sentences and not their total meaning as a piece of communication or conversation. According to the old translation method, too much emphasis was placed on grammar. Grammar was thought to be all important and it dictated the terms of language usage. Children at very young age were made to study the complicated rules of grammar. But modern educationists are of the opinion that a pupil who is good at grammar and has studied all the rules will still make the most elementary mistakes in grammar.
There are various types of grammar. They are
Prescriptive grammar or Formal grammar.
Descriptive grammar or Functional grammar.
Prescriptive grammar or Formal grammar: Prescriptive grammar is a grammar which prescribed the rules for every one to follow without questioning. Teaching of such grammar is called Formal grammar. In teaching formal grammar, the ever changing nature of the
Effective ways to teach Grammar
By
Ms.K.RajalakshmiTherichselvam
Assistant Professor – I
Department of English
Kalasalingam University
Krishnankoil.
In teaching English to the learners, one must aim at making them efficient users of the language. The learners should be enabled to use the language for all their needs of communications. For the last several years, the teaching of grammar on schools has been the subject of criticism. There are some who argue that there is no correlation between the teaching of grammar and the pupils’ improvement in writing of English. They are of the opinion that a language is learnt not by learning its rules but by actually practicing it. English grammar as it came down to all was mostly based on Latin, Greek and Sanskrit. All these classical languages were studied and analyzed in great detail by Scholars. English grammar consisted of elaborate rules, definitions and exceptions about the structure of the language. It dealt mainly with the physical forms of words, word endings, word groups and sentences and not their total meaning as a piece of communication or conversation. According to the old translation method, too much emphasis was placed on grammar. Grammar was thought to be all important and it dictated the terms of language usage. Children at very young age were made to study the complicated rules of grammar. But modern educationists are of the opinion that a pupil who is good at grammar and has studied all the rules will still make the most elementary mistakes in grammar.
There are various types of grammar. They are
Prescriptive grammar or Formal grammar.
Descriptive grammar or Functional grammar.
Prescriptive grammar or Formal grammar: Prescriptive grammar is a grammar which prescribed the rules for every one to follow without questioning. Teaching of such grammar is called Formal grammar. In teaching formal grammar, the ever changing nature of the