If people are writing so incoherently where others will see it, our country is in trouble. Even if you have trouble spelling, there is a spell checker right above the question you are submitting!
2007-04-20 04:58:29 · 9 answers · asked by 2 Happily Married Americans 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I work in a K-8 school and go into about 15 classes a week to monitor my special education students. I see English grammar taught quite rigorously. That doesn't mean the kids learn or think it is important. On this site, we need to remember that people from all over the world write and ask questions. I commend them as I don't speak their language!
By the way, several of the "English" teachers answering your questions have made errors too!
2007-04-20 17:19:57 · answer #1 · answered by atheleticman_fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking as an English teacher, it's not that we don't teach it. People just don't seem to care anymore. I feel like pulling my hair out sometimes when I see the different mistakes that people make. A few I could understand, but many people on the Internet seem completely incoherent because of the mistakes they make.
I do know that I teach grammar, spelling and correct punctuations, but even by the time that I get them in high school, they think that correctness doesn't matter. It's frustrating to try and correct mistakes that have become ingrained.
2007-04-20 05:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by omouse 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
i'm no longer too particular approximately no count if or no longer astonishing English is being taught in college anymore as I moved to Sweden in 2002. previous to that, I lived in Scotland the place i replaced right into a Church of Scotland minister for some years. I remember hooting with laughter at many bloopers and ambiguities in our church mag. i can't remember particular examples merely now different than for most of the classics that seem to finally end up on web content, books and the likes. indexed under are some: For those of you who've toddlers and don't are conscious of it, we've a nursery downstairs. 8 new choir robes are presently necessary, because of the addition of a number of new contributors and to the deterioration of a few older ones. Please place your donation interior the envelope alongside with the deceased individual(s) you want remembered. The Preacher for next Sunday would be chanced on putting on the interest board interior the porch. word interior the kitchen of a Church corridor: "women, once you have emptied the teapot, please stand the different way up interior the sink".
2016-10-28 13:26:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a child in the 70's, a movement began to break away from the traditional, didactic, direct instruction methodology of teaching to what is called a holistic, student-centered pedagogy. This was part of the Free to Be You and Me philosophy of living life and the result was the Me Generation. This movement was lethal to the teaching of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
You would think with all of this business about standardized testing and No Child Left Behind that the push would be on to teach grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Though there are some schools that do encourage this area of study, most do not. The fact is that a disproportionate number of teachers are not prepared to teach grammar, punctuation, and spelling because it was not taught to them.
2007-04-20 05:55:51 · answer #4 · answered by Ginjerly 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A bout 10 years ago, schools in the US adopted what is called the whole language approach. I have no idea how old you are, but when I went to school it was grammar, spelling, and phonics. Whole language has a lot to do with allowing the students to explore and such. Well, they were wrong. This did not work and we are seing the end results of it. Just a few more years and those kids should be through the school system.
2007-04-20 09:51:11 · answer #5 · answered by gatorgirl 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The schools teach English, everything from polysyndeton to logos, ethos, and pathos..... However, once you hit about 5th grade or so, they drop most of the spelling and grammar, so people forget about it and think it's not of any importance to spell words correctly and to use words effectively.
2007-04-20 10:12:05 · answer #6 · answered by ×ithurtsogoodØ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many of the questions & answers here also incorporate the slang & shorthand used in IM & text messaging. I think the biggest problem is laziness & unwillingness to take the time to sound articulate.
2007-04-20 07:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Jason 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes we do. Unfortunately, the skills are not reinforced in the home/extended community. I recently saw an advertisement for a car dealer that signed off with "Your Welcome" rather than "You're Welcome." What can we do?
2007-04-20 07:37:31 · answer #8 · answered by njeanous1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i never proofread what i type...i love typo...
2007-04-20 05:02:39 · answer #9 · answered by Wot Shines Like Diamonds?Ruby =P 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋