Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2009: 128-137

Teaching Grammar and Learning Foreign LanguagesLanguage preparation

Kpt. Ing. Petra Vráblíková, Ph.D.

The famous quotation from Moliére that says "Grammar, which knows how to control even kings", implies importance of grammar for everyday use. There are many way of the acquisition of grammar. The best or smartest way of teaching grammar is to memorize rules in sentence contexts to bear them in mind for a longer time, and learn those rules more easily. The authoress presents new ways in teaching grammar, expressed in works by several famous authors, Barton, Birch, Chomsky, Hudson, Larsen-Freeman, Patterson, Pennington, Weaver. Those are: communicative and competitive models, together with systematic and consistent procedures, resulting in highly motivated structure of learning grammar. In the core of this process lies the strong personality of language instructor.

Keywords: language training,stanag,education

Published: June 15, 2009  Show citation

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Vráblíková, P. (2009). Teaching Grammar and Learning Foreign Languages. Czech Military Review, 90(2), 128-137
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