On 7/5/07, Bill Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I taught English in Taiwan, I forced my students to learn to
> write and speak on the premise that those can control the active
> aspect of the language can read and listen with no problem.
Is there a reason you didn't teach them grammar instead and let them
deduce how to write and speak from those first principles?
Personally, I do not see any substantial conflict between teaching
people grammar and teaching students to write and speak.
This seems especially true for a language like english where many
of the commonly used words have their own special grammatical rules.
(For example, consider some of the differences between common
[valid] uses of the prepositions "of" and "on").
--
Raul
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