Critics claim there is too much focus on grammar in schools – but these linguists argue that teaching grammatical terms has huge benefits for learning According to Dominic Wyse, a professor in early ...

ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE is not, as the saying goes, the same thing as evidence of absence. But if you continue looking for something intently, and keep failing to find it, you can be forgiven for starting ...

The bilingual sentence-wise translation in learning English tenses always remains elusive for the students of English as a second language. I frequently quote sentences to expose the incompatibility ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Jill Kitson: Welcome to Lingua Franca. This week: Why teach grammar in school? Melbourne University ...

In this week’s Tes Podgaogy, we’re joined by Dominic Wyse, a professor of early childhood and primary education at UCL. He discusses his latest research on grammar, and how he believes teachers should ...

Many students are confused about grammar and sentence structure – so should universities teach it explicitly? Words image from www.shutterstock.com Imagine a student turning up at university and not ...

The ACT reported recently that college professors rank grammar as the most important skill for students entering college, while high-school teachers consider it the least important. The ACT thinks ...

HighlightsGrammar-centered learning of classical Japanese, known as the philological approach, has long been criticized as a ...