Is grammar a part of the curriculum in American schools anymore? After reading many of the posts on here it makes me wonder.
2007-03-25 17:35:51 · 5 answers · asked by saq428 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I teach freshman English (college undergraduate) and it's just depressing. I actually HAD to add grammar to my curriculum because they can't distinguish simple concepts ("there," "their" & "they're"). So it's falling apart before they get to me. I blame high school.
2007-03-25 17:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by veggie_kitty 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I understand your quandry. I've been teaching English for many years and grammar, along with language arts, has always been part of the curriculum. In today's classroom the focus on grammar has been misplaced in favor of students being more creative the situation that has arisen is the lack of grammatical abiilities for students. They believe they know what to say but when errors are made others misinterpret what was said and why. Getting back to the basics is a good recommendation but many students are bored when it comes to learning grammar. Students dispise it and depend upon their computers to correct grammatical errors instead of their own minds.
2007-03-25 19:28:50 · answer #2 · answered by danielm_59 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is not a new phenomenon. I recruited for a Fortune 500 company in the 1970s and 1980s. The applicants were primarily M.S. and PhD level applicants. Their spelling and grammar on their applications were atrocious. The current school superintendent for the local school system favors teaching Mandarin Chinese in elementary and middle school rather than spending more money on teaching English. When I graduated from undergraduate school, we were required to pass a comprehensive Junior English exam before we could graduate. I am very discouraged about the current American school system. Recapturing basic education is the key to oiur success as a nation.
2015-07-23 11:18:26 · answer #3 · answered by Mitch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the language arts and grammar ends in middle school. Once you get into high school they focus on literature, and that continues through college of course. I know what you mean about the posts, though. Technology, of course, is also a culprit. There was a bigger company (the name escapes me) that had huge communications problem and it was because the new workers could not properly communicate via emails, etc with the older generations of people. They ended up hiring a tutor. Isn't that insane?
2007-03-25 17:46:00 · answer #4 · answered by JessC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes the bad grammar is pretty funny though. I think it won't be long until they are teaching spanish in english class, at least in CA.
2007-03-25 17:45:47 · answer #5 · answered by QandA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋