Spoken grammar: what is it and how can we teach it?

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// ELT Journal. — 1995. — Volume 49, Issue З. — Pp. 207—218.AbstractThe teaching of grammar is regularly based on written examples and on a proscriptive approach to ‘correct’ English. This article argues that consideration by teachers of spoken English shows that learners need to be given choices between written and spoken grammars, that the interpersonal implications of spoken grammars are important, and that methodologically inductive learning may be more appropriate than the 3Ps (Presentation–Practice–Production) approaches adopted in traditional grammar books.The authorsMichael McCarthy is Reader and Director of the Centre for English Language Education, Department of English Studies, University of Nottingham. He is the author of many articles and books on applied linguistics and language teaching, most recently Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers (Cambridge University Press) and (with Felicity O’Dell) English Vocabulary in Use (Cambridge University Press). He has a major advisory role for Cambridge University Press titles in the area of vocabulary and bilingual reference. He is co-editor of the journal Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press).Ronald Carter is Professor of Modern English Language in the Department of English Studies, University of Nottingham. He has published extensively in the fields of applied linguistics and EFL, and on the teaching of literature. He was recently national director of a British government in-service training programme for Language in the National Curriculum. Recent publications include Language as Discourse (with Michael McCarthy) (Longman) and Keywords in Language and Literacy (Routledge).Качество. Отсканированные страницы с текстовым слоем.