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- Title
Developing writing skills of learners with persistent literacy difficulties through explicit grammar teaching.
- Authors
McCormack‐Colbert, Anne; Ware, Jean; Wyn Jones, Susan
- Abstract
The benefits of grammar instruction in the teaching of writing is contested in most English‐speaking countries (Jones et al., 2012). The majority of Anglophone countries abandoned the teaching of grammar in the 1950s based on the conclusions that it had no positive impact on learners’ development of reading, writing and language (Locke, 2005). Through an action research design, this study aims at gaining a further understanding of how the explicit teaching of grammar in context can benefit learners with persistent literacy difficulties by adapting the Grammar for Writing materials (Myhill, 2013). It intends to improve educational practice (Koshy, 2010) through action, analysis and reflection.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ENGLISH grammar education; LEARNING disabilities; COGNITION disorders; CHILD psychiatry; PRIMARY education; SECONDARY education
- Publication
Support for Learning, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 2, p165
- ISSN
0268-2141
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-9604.12200