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Teaching Grammar in Context, by Constance Weaver

By: Bill Lyons
Publication: The Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 3
Date: Summer 1996

Summary: Lyons concurs with Weaver's advice that teachers need to know grammar and process writing. They also need to understand developmental trends and the skills and learning patterns of individual students.

 

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Is there some concluding advice that teachers will be able le to take away from Teaching Grammar in Context? If there is, I would put it this way: Teachers need to know grammar, process writing, developmental trends and individual learns. They need to be able to use grammar, when appropriate, to help writers improve their writing, especially their revising and editing.

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