The ACT reported recently that college professors rank grammar as the most important skill for students entering college, while high-school teachers consider it the least important. The ACT thinks ...

The role of grammar instruction in the development of effective writing has long been recognised as a cornerstone of educational practice. Recent pedagogical models emphasise the integration of ...

In this resource, we explore how grammar can be taught rhetorically where the focus is on the learner understanding the writing situation, making effective choices while constructing sentences, ...

ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE is not, as the saying goes, the same thing as evidence of absence. But if you continue looking for something intently, and keep failing to find it, you can be forgiven for starting ...

The teaching of grammar in primary schools in England (a key feature of England's national curriculum) does not appear to help children's narrative writing, although it may help them generate ...

A century of research shows that traditional grammar lessons—those hours spent diagramming sentences and memorizing parts of speech—don’t help and may even hinder students’ efforts to become better ...

Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft has been a fixture in my English classroom for years, but it wasn’t until this summer, when I began teaching in a residential drug and alcohol rehab, ...

Plans for new primary school grammar tests in England will hold a "gun to the head" of teachers, experts say. The National Association for the Teaching of English says a revised focus on spelling, ...