Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Jill Kitson: Welcome to Lingua Franca. This week: Why teach grammar in school? Melbourne University ...

In this resource, we explore how grammar can be taught rhetorically where the focus is on the learner understanding the writing situation, making effective choices while constructing sentences, ...

Do you know what a suffix is, or how to distinguish adjectives from adverbs? If you have a six or seven-year-old, the chances are they do. Or at least, the UK government now says they should – by the ...

Grammar instruction may have waned in some classrooms starting in the early 2000s, largely because the high-stakes tests required by the No Child Left Behind law didn’t assess grammar specifically.

Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 36, No. 3 (2013), pp. 5-22 (18 pages) Abstract Collaborative practice by two teachers in planning, teaching, and evaluating the ...

Plans for new primary school grammar tests in England will hold a "gun to the head" of teachers, experts say. The National Association for the Teaching of English says a revised focus on spelling, ...