Should we teach first language grammar in compulsory schooling at all? Some reflections from the Spanish perspective
Should we teach first language grammar in compulsory schooling at all? Some reflections from the Spanish perspective

Summary/Abstract: This text explores the controversial issue of grammar teaching in Language Arts. It considers the importance of grammar in schooling based on the learners’ reflection on language (i.e., their “metalinguistic activity”), and some of the features of such a reflection. A model of intervention is presented as well as its particularities, especially the goal of establishing new dimensions with regard the methodology of teaching, the conception of grammar, and the final objectives of grammar instruction. The text ends by referring to some of the challenges for the future.

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