The worst side of grammar instruction, though, is the way it creates snobbery in/condescension toward writing. Enhancing that skill through an understanding of grammar is fine (good, necessary at some point), but it is no substitute for the writing voice.
Native speakers are already quite skilled in sentence construction. Likewise, in writing, creative story-telling, inspired vision, quality vocabulary, and masterful recreation of facts does not come from understanding the structure of a sentence. Mechanics in sports enhance talent and contribute to skill, but they do not replace hunger to play, commitment, the willingness to risk, and the energy to win!
Knowing how your language functions is fabulous! It’s like knowing the mechanics of a sport-talent gets you a good distance, but mastering the mechanics takes you further, still.īut if you started teaching sports through mechanical perfection, and never let your kids play the game until they showed mastery of the mechanics for any given position, you’d not see much interest in athletics.
Studies don’t show that grammar instruction is bad or wrong-only that the systems of grammar instruction used in traditional education have had a deleterious effect on the freedom of self-expression children feel when asked to write (from scratch- original writing).Ī grasp of grammar can be fascinating and useful to anyone interested in the systems of language.
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