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    instruction of grammar in school is helpful and enlightening for someone who wants to become a good writer. Today, formal grammar is essential in our academic careers, requiring us to write concise and professional assignments in order to exercise creativity and leave impressions on instructors. Although, the effectiveness of the explicit instruction of formal grammar is still under speculation; even individuals from academic and research backgrounds are skeptic about whether explicit formal grammar instruction

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    important it is to make sure the message that one wants to convey is being interpreted the way it is intended. I managed to get through grammar school with the basic necessities required to graduate. I was not one of those kids that had interactive parents that read to them as a child, and I was not pressed to go to college. I joined the workforce right after high school. I had a very strong work ethic, knowing that I had to work very hard to climb the latter in order to gain financial stability. Within

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    important it is to make sure the message you want to convey is being interpreted the way it is intended. I managed to get through grammar school with the basic necessities required to graduate. I was not one of those kids that had interactive parents that read to me as a child and I was not pressed to go to college. I joined the workforce right after high school. I had a very strong work ethic and knew that I had to work very hard to climb the latter in order to gain financial stability. Within

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    “To Teach Or Not To Teach Grammar In The Primary School Classroom: That Is The Question” English is the second language in Malaysia, has been included as an official syllabus and taught as early as primary school education. These subjects must be taken by all students from standard one to form five provides students with the English skills to meet the challenges of a career in the future. The level of a student in English subject usually measured by the ability to listen, speaks, read and write

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    Describe your Academic goals as a Year 11 student at Ivanhoe Grammar School next year and in the following years. My academic goals as a Year 11 student at Ivanhoe Grammar School next year and the following years is simply to give 110% effort to every subject. I will try and aim for the best that I can do and try to break personal bests in the following years. I have no specific grade I want to achieve, I just think as long as I put in as much effort as I can, then that’s enough. In what Academic

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    Few technical schools were established and the secondary modern became the cinderellas of the education service despite providing for the majority of the school population.” (Roger 1986: 3) This extract shows that new system didn’t manage to reduce the social division it merely replaced it with a newer form of social division.

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    Growing up, I never thought grammar or English would be important in the future. In Elementary you were taught grammar from the English Curriculum of the state you are living in, but the real question is; is the grammar you have been taught correct? According to Dennis Baron, "Teachers reject such knowledge towards the simplistic language model they absorbed when they were in school, a model that ignores the complexities of the language people use daily with a few prescriptive rules that can be memorized

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    "most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write"(Allsburg). While the school is redesigning its English curriculum, they are trying to decide how much grammar should be taught and if it will be taught at all. While people may believe that grammar should be taught because today's youth has grown up with shortcuts, it is quite clear that grammar should still be integrated into the school's curriculum because it creates good credibility

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    Introduction Do you think grammar is important? Do you know the function of grammar? Can you imagine living a life without grammar? Grammar is a set of rules for language. In this chapter, we will cover general ideas of grammar, including the definition, history, development, syntax, and how learners learn grammar. 3.1 Definition of Grammar Grammar is certainly a common word, it may be a boring subject to you or an explorative subject that you want to probe for. No matter what, grammar has been a long-established

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    Introduction General statement A debate exists between the descriptivist and the prescriptivist views of grammar. Thesis statement, your answer to the question In society today, the descriptivist approach to language is more widely used and accepted while the prescriptivism view is in decline. Outline / main points of your argument 1 Descriptive and prescriptive language defined 2 Relevance and usage of grammar previously learnt 3 Evolving language styles and examples Body paragraph 1 Topic sentence Descriptivists

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