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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO, one of the best way to learn grammar is by reading quality books.  I don't think they teach grammar as a separate subject matter, but I think it's interspersed with LA curriculum through creative writing and such.  Diagramming sentences and such is akin to endless math worksheets.  Kids start to hate learning it.   I don't think we need to continue with the "this is how I learned it and I turned out fine" way of teaching.  If we know better, then we ought to do better for our kids.

This article discusses this very thing:

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/02/the-wrong-way-to-teach-grammar/284014/

"A century of research shows that traditional grammar lessons—those hours spent diagramming sentences and memorizing parts of speech—don’t help and may even hinder students’ efforts to become better writers. Yes, they need to learn grammar, but the old-fashioned way does not work.

This finding—confirmed in 1984, 2007, and 2012 through reviews of over 250 studies—is consistent among students of all ages, from elementary school through college. For example, one well-regarded study followed three groups of students from 9th to 11th grade where one group had traditional rule-bound lessons, a second received an alternative approach to grammar instruction, and a third received no grammar lessons at all, just more literature and creative writing. The result: No significant differences among the three groups—except that both grammar groups emerged with a strong antipathy to English. "[/quote]

Yes -- but unfortunately an infinite number of studies is still not enough to convince people who think that they are experts on teaching because "this is how I learned it and I turned out fine".[/quote]

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