Discourse-Grammar Approach in Grammar Instruction: Is it an innovation, or have we already been practicing it? Cover Image

Dilbilgisi Öğretiminde Söylem Dilbilgisi Yaklaşımı: Eski Köye Yeni Adet Mi, Yoksa “Biz Bunu Zaten Yapıyoruz” Mu?
Discourse-Grammar Approach in Grammar Instruction: Is it an innovation, or have we already been practicing it?

Author(s): Özlem Fidan
Subject(s): Language studies, Education, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Ankara Üniversitesi TÖMER
Keywords: Second language teaching; grammar instruction; discourse grammar; pedagogic discourse-grammar;

Summary/Abstract: In second language teaching grammar lessons should not only aim at developing learners’ grammatical competence, but also improve their communicative competence. Pedagogic discourse-grammar approach to grammar instruction explains the use of ‘grammar’ in ‘discourse’ to develop learners’ communicative competence. To this end, this article outlines main concepts underlying pedagogic discourse grammar approach by giving examples from Turkish spoken corpora and proposes that discourse-based language items should be incorporated in materials designed for teaching Turkish as second language.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 128
  • Page Range: 25-37
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Turkish