12. CONCEPT OF GRAMMAR. REFLECTION ON LANGUAGE AND ITS LEARNING. FROM NORMATIVE GRAMMAR TO GRAMMAR IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE USE AND COMMUNICATION
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION TO DEVELOP
1. Learning a Language Language acquisition theories:
- Behaviourist (Skinner)
- Generative (Chomsky)
- Krashen's Hypothesis (1982)
2. Teaching Grammar: Main Approaches
- Traditional (Structuralist-30s)
- Communicative Grammar (Functionalist)
3. Types of Grammar
- Prescriptive
- Descriptive
- Teaching
- Generative
Evolution of Grammars and Relation to Teaching Methods
- General Grammar (Port Royal, 1660)
- Structuralism (50-60s)
- Generative Grammar (60s)
KEY CONCEPTS/TERMS/AUTHORS
- Grammar
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Behaviourism (Skinner)
- Generative Grammar (Chomsky)
- Krashen
- Prescriptive Grammar
- Descriptive Grammar
- Communicative Grammar
ESSENTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Howat. “A History of English Language Teaching”. 1984
- Richards and Rogers. “Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching”. 1992
- Crystal, David. “Linguistics”. 1985 | Crystal, David. “How Language Works”. 2005
- Krashen, S. “Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning”. 1981
- Vygotsky, L. “Sociocultural Theory”. 1927
