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Teaching And Learning Grammar Essay

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Teaching and learning grammar has always been an important part of learning English language in Bhutanese classrooms. Without grammar, language learning is incomplete. Since the primary objective of language is to communicate effectively, it cannot happen without understating the functions of grammar and the ability to apply them appropriately. It is a well-known fact that teaching and learning grammar is fundamental in building students’ language proficiency. For instance, Debata (2013, p. 482) argues that students with good knowledge of grammar enables them to correct their mistakes and improve a written work. He adds that in order to speak in a clearer and more effective manner students need the knowledge of grammar. Therefore, this essay will …show more content…

Similar to what they point out, teachers need to make children learn and value the properties of grammar as their exceptional property that, if they could apply in life, will help them be exceptional people as well. To help learners be exceptionally good at language, they must be given a lot of creative grammar exercises so that they exercise their brains too. By giving learners creative exercises, they are made to practice an important sub-skill of using a language that is thinking creatively. For instance, a learner who gets the idea of framing compound and complex sentences in English will have a better command of language than someone who has an idea of just a simple sentence. Similarly, Zhang (2009, p.186) states that grammar is a kind of ‘sentence-making-machine’ and he further claims that teaching grammar offers the learners the means of limitless linguistic creativity. Creativity is an important skill in this modern era, and learning a language focusing more on grammar is a means to survive, which learners need to learn to stay

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