Do they teach spelling and grammar in school any more?

Answer 1

if you spend any ammount of time on this site or the internet in general it sure as hell does not seem like it...in all seriousness...NO, most schools are so inundated with test prep and meeting ridiculous administrative demands that very little teaching is done at all today, kids are taught how to take the test, not to think about why something is or how it got that way....many schools and students have been ruined by the "Whole Language" phenomenon that swept through schools in the 90s, where it didn't matter how you wrote, as long as you were creative....i have students who don't know basic rules of English and what is worse have very little prior knowledge on most topics in general...

Answer 2

i'm an American, and as of Dec 25, 2007, i'm contained in the 11th grade. IIRC, up till the suitable of sixth grade, we'd want to have a spelling try about once per week, with pretests and homework activities touching on to the words in between. it truly is how issues were performed at my college; practices might want to decision from college to school, possibly even interior of a similar college district. i do not keep in thoughts getting to understand a lot grammar for the period of each of the time I spent in college. My 10th grade English instructor instructed my type that American faculties do a crappy pastime practise students grammar.

Answer 3

We definitely teach it. The problem is getting the kids interested in LEARNING it. With spell check and other programs - they don't seem to feel a need to be serious about learning it anymore. Also - listen to the speech patterns and lyrics of popular songs. I hate to sound like an "old fuddy-duddy " - but some of the current slang and socially acceptable ways of talking astound me! Unfortunately, this lack of interest in proper speech and writing will catch up to them when they get out in the real world. We teachers can only do so much.

Answer 4

Not at my school, and it seems like they didn't get it in elementary school either. They can't spell ANYTHING it seems. The district is stuck on the standardized test, so they focus on nothing more. It is really difficult as an English teacher to deal with.

Answer 5

AMEN! Spell check and internet slang have trashed spelling, and many song lyrics and celebrities have destroyed grammar. The students see no use in learning either.

Answer 6

Yes, of course. Unfortunately though, Teachers aren't to blame- it's parents who aren't enforcing the proper use of language. The same thing goes for lots of other issues. Children learn what they live. There are too many "unfit parents" out there who lack in instilling old fashioned, Christian values. So sad.

Answer 7

Yes. My sister is 11 yrs. old and comes home with 20 new words to learn how to spell and their definitions every week. What they don't teach, is punctuation. I look at her homework and I don't see anything having to do with punctuation.

Answer 8

Not really. I am witnessing this first hand with my daughter. They seem to be focused on math more than anything, at least where we live.

Answer 9

yes...but the culture of today makes it passe, so the kids don't use what they are taught

Answer 10

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