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Teaching foreign language grammar

New solutions, old problems

Bibliographic Data

ID8938233
AuthorsMirosław Pawlak (0000-0001-7448-355X, Adam Mickiewicz University Kalisz Poland, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume54
Issue4
Pages881-896
Publication date2021-07-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/flan.12563
OpenAlexW3183684814
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited55

The place of grammar instruction in second or foreign language (L2) pedagogy has always been highly controversial and although there is currently consensus that such pedagogic intervention is beneficial, numerous questions remain as to how it should most propitiously be conducted. Different theoretical perspectives have resulted in a wide array of instructional options intended to enhance the effectiveness of grammar teaching, both with respect to ensuring fuller understanding of grammar rules and helping learners use these rules in communicative interaction. The paper provides a selective overview of such “new solutions” and argues that they have not really contributed much to solving the “old problems” of grammar instruction. Reasons for this state of affairs are considered and some suggestions for how the situation can be improved are offered

Emergent grammar · Foreign language · Foreign language teaching · Grammar · Intervention (counseling · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Relational grammar · Teaching method · Traditional grammar · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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Citations per year5,33
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
Citation velocitycurrent
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