Dante Bowles6/02/2015English 382A Socially Dynamic Approach to
Teaching Grammar
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Does not approach language in right and wrongExplore the many
different languages that students bring to classCollaborators in
the learning and sharing of languageShift the grounds from
good-versus-bad-curiosityApply Real Life Context
DESPRICTIVE Grammar
Allows students to become participants in the learningSuggests
that there is no one way to use languageNo correct way to speak or
writeLanguage is governed by social situationsBelief that people
can live their lives free of confusion
Code-switching and Code-Meshing
Descriptive GrammarStarts with the awareness that grammar
changes its form to fit the situationTo teach grammar through
code-meshingTeach students the terms Code-meshingRegister- a form
of English used in a particular wayCrossing-over- used to describe
a persons switch from one dialect or language to anotherDialectIn
classroom
Shafer, Gregory. "A Socially Dynamic Approach to Teaching
Grammar." Language Arts Journal of Michigan 27.2 (2012): n. pag.
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