Paradigm shift in grammar: Should ESL classrooms adopt?

• Main Author: Genuino, Cecilia F.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: English language—Grammar—Study and teaching—Philippines; English language—Study and teaching—Philippines; Language and Literacy Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6347
• Institution: De La Salle University

Language is dynamic. Not only in form but also in function does language transform. In grammar, some basic principles in categorizing words are abandoned by some linguistics; yet, some language teachers ESL adopt. This paper provides an overview on the two possible paradigms in the teaching of gramm...