TEACHING LANGUAGE FROM GRAMMAR TO GRAMMARING

A MUST-READ FOR EVERY LANGUAGE TEACHING PROFESSIONAL, "TEACHING LANGUAGE FROM GRAMMAR TO GRAMMARING" EXPLORES THE REGULAR, PREDICTABLE ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL CREATIVITY OF ITS UNDERLYING SYSTEM. BY COMBINING A WIDE RANGE OF VIEWPOINTS WITH HER OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND STUDIES, DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN CHALLENGES THE STATIC DESCRIPTIVE IDEAS OF GRAMMAR, BASED ON RULES, AND PROMOTES THE MORE FLUID AND DYNAMIC NOTIONS OF REASON-DRIVEN GRAMMARING, WHICH SHE DEFINES AS "THE ABILITY TO USE GRAMMAR STRUCTURES ACCURATELY, MEANINGFULLY, AND APPROPRIATELY". THE READER IS LEFT NOT WITH AN ENCYCLOPEDIC SET OF DEFINITIONS, BUT RATHER WITH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORGANIC NATURE OF LANGUAGE AND ITS ACQUISITION, AND A HONED SET OF TOOLS WITH WHICH TO APPROACH LANGUAGE IN LANGUAGE TEACHING.