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Think Tank!

Let’s Do The FAST TALK!
DIRECTIONS:

1. On a piece of paper, write down the first word/statement that comes to your
mind when you hear the question “What makes English grammar difficult to

master?”

2. Find a pair and compare your answers.
3. Discuss with your pair your proposed solutions to address the identified

barriers in mastering English grammar.

Learning Ladder

PEDAGOGICAL GRAMMAR
1. It represents an eclectic, but principled description of the target-language

forms, created for the express purpose of helping teachers understand the
linguistic resources of communication.

2. These grammars provide information about how language is organized and

offer relatively accessible ways of describing complex, linguistic
phenomena for pedagogical purposes.

3. The more L2 teachers understand how the grammatical system works, the
better they will be able to tailor this information to their specific instructional

contexts.

4. Besides formal pedagogical grammars (and, of course, SLA theory),
language teachers would be advised to consult language textbooks when

put to the task of specifying grammatical content for instruction or
assessment.

5. These books not only provide descriptions, albeit less comprehensive, of
the target grammar, but they also inform teachers of the scope with which

Teaching and Assessment of Grammar 8