On grammar and language learning.Edtech

1. “On Grammar
and Language
Learning”

2. GRAMMAR
 the set of rules that explain how
words are used in a language.
 speech or writing judged by how
well it follows the rules of grammar.
 a book that explains the grammar
rules of language.

3.  a study of what is preferred and
what avoided in inflection and
syntax.
 the characteristic system of
inflections and syntax of a language.
 the study of the classes of words,
their inflections, and their functions
and relations in the sentence.

4. 1. In reality, children work
extremely hard to perfect
their language.
2. The essential language
components in language
acquisition are sounds,
meanings, grammar and
conversation.

5. 3. Parental anxiety about language
development is understandably
intense, especially during a child’s
first two or three years.

6. 4. Children seem to develop grammar but
rarely make us of analogies or analysis of
grammatical structure.
5. An important questions about the
learning of grammar concern how children
learn their native tongues.
6. The word grammar has a variety of
meaning, one of which is a relatively
complete and systematic description of
language.

7. 7. It also describes the internalized,
psychological system of elements and rules
underlying the use of one’s native
language.
8. Grammar suggests a code of good
conduct regulating spoken and written
language.
9. We cannot hope to change the practice
of language; we can only help students to
learn what those practices are. A good
example is the verb to lie vs. to lay.

8. 10. Words may vary and grammar
operates at two levels: morphology
and syntax. Morphology deals with
combining the smallest units of
meaning (morphemes) into words.
Syntax is the combination of words
into phrases.

9. 11. Conversation is the realm of
language in practice, or the working of
language in principle.
12. As children begin acquiring
meaningful language, they harness a
growing vocabulary and incipient
grammar to lend clarity to
conversational intent.

10. 13. At some stage, children or
students must learn the
grammar of a language and are
given a grammatical rule with
examples before he or she
practices a particular structure.

11. 14. If grammar and of articulate
expression both generates
frustration, yet it provides a
superb motivation to master the
language tools necessary to
make themselves understood.

12. 1. When face with the need to identify an
odor (smell), people are ____ imprecise
and ____.
2. The experiment that resulted in a ____
low identification of 20 recognizable
smells required participants to note as
many ____ odors as they could.
3. Even with corrections from the
experimenters, the probability that same
____ familiar smell would be recognized
remained ____.

13. 4. ____ the ____ change in the U.S.
economy over the past six decades has
been the ____ importance of
international trade and finance.
5. ____ progress has also led to growth
in trade in ____ materials (such as
steel) and ____ goods (such as foods)
by making transporting good less ____.

14. 6. Goods produced by ____ technology
are often ____ and easy to transport
because they have ____weight and
____ compact size.
7. ____, international trade policies of
a ____ country also affect ____ and
____ decisions made by its
government and often lead to
important changes in the market
place.

15. Thank you for
participating.
You’re a very good
Gramarian. 