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Teaching Grammar Essay

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If the students are exposed to grammar rules and structures, they can come up with new ideas about writing. It is important to know the grammar for the learners to see effectiveness in their writing. Contrary to this many theorists do not believe on teaching grammar. There are many theories against teaching grammar. Grammar should not be the priority. The focus should be on lexis, not grammar. Grammar cannot be learned by studying, language is learned by practicing different activities in which the students will unconsciously pickup the grammar. Theorist prefers to learn lexical chunks. Example, idioms and vocabulary which will help the learner in real life situations. In Pakistan, grammar is explicitly taught in all schools. Grammar books are …show more content…

Pronunciation should be practice in class; it helps to utter the word correctly, the sounds and phonetics of the words is essential to make the speech more clear. Teaching them grammar books, helps to make them understand the importance of grammar and to prepare them for the exams. English grammar exam is conducted by the teachers in Pakistani schools to evaluate the children`s writing skills, to check how much they have understood Grammar rules and how students apply them in their writing. It gives them confidence and motivation to learn a new language. Grammar books give more opportunities to learn a language. It helps the students to use the Second language correctly. They are more actively involved in the learning as the course is designed by keeping the grammar exercises in mind. Grammar exercises practiced in the classrooms which enables the students to make sentences by using the grammar rules. Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Articles, and Conjunctions are the basic grammar which helps the Second language learner to use in their speech. They will become fluent in English by applying basic grammar rules in their speech and

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