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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Movements in the area of teaching spoken grammar
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00 The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in England has embarked on a study of what grammatical terms are needed to describe speech, and how some of these can be made explicit to children. This is a complex and largely unexplored area since the rules of language have until now been seen largely in terms of writing - almost as though speech were an aberrant form of written language. The QCA has brought in a leading linguistics academic, Professor Ron Carter of Nottingham University, to work with them on the project. The QCA sees the project as vital to primary teachers, who have to help pupils make the transition from speech to writing and understand the difference between the two forms. 02 br
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00 The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in England has embarked on a study of what grammatical terms are needed to describe speech, and how some of these can be made explicit to children. This is a complex and largely unexplored area since the rules of language have until now been seen largely in terms of writing - almost as though speech were an aberrant form of written language. The QCA has brought in a leading linguistics academic, Professor Ron Carter of Nottingham University, to work with them on the project. The QCA sees the project as vital to primary teachers, who have to help pupils make the transition from speech to writing and understand the difference between the two forms. 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br 00 I don't think grammar in writing is different from grammar in speech at all. You can write the way you speak and speak the way you write. So...
- 0 Hi, 02 br 00 I don't think grammar in writing is different from grammar in speech at all.
- You can write the way you speak and speak the way you write.
- So...
- what is that QCA really doing?
- Nothing, I guess.
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00 I don't think grammar in writing is different from grammar in speech at all. You can write the way you speak and speak the way you write. So... what is that QCA really doing? Nothing, I guess. Playing cards instead of working, LOL. 05 0 010id 1
00 I don't think grammar in writing is different from grammar in speech at all. You can write the way you speak and speak the way you write. So... what is that QCA really doing? Nothing, I guess. Playing cards instead of working, LOL. 05 0 010id 1
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10 I don't think grammar in writing is different from grammar in speech at all. You can write the way you speak and speak the way you write. So... what is that QCA really doing? Nothing, I guess. Playing cards instead of working, LOL. 15 0 12 br
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0 Also, for Kooyeen: 02 br
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00 "The following extract from an informal, casual conversation illustrates several of the important features of informal spoken grammar. The features are used regularly by speakers of British English across different regions and contexts of use and by speakers of different ages, genders, social classes and occupations. Potentially problematic area
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00 "The following extract from an informal, casual conversation illustrates several of the important features of informal spoken grammar. The features are used regularly by speakers of British English across different regions and contexts of use and by speakers of different ages, genders, social classes and occupations. Potentially problematic area
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This seems to be an area that few people on this forum have knowledge about or experience of. I think, as with the similar text posted the other day, you'll just get silly, rejectionary/reactionary answers to such questions here. Go try discuss it somewhere more enlightened.
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