Place Of Grammar Research Articles

Teaching Grammars of the Middle Ages

Summary Grammar enjoyed a privileged position in the medieval curriculum; along with the other members of the Trivium it provided a thorough foundation which probably accounts for much of the intellectual success of the medieval schoolmen. This article discusses the material used in the Middle Ages for the teaching of grammar and aims at an exhaustive list of pedagogical material which can still be found, for the most part unedited, in European manuscripts collections; this material served not only for the teaching of Latin grammar to students whose mother tongue was not Latin but also as an introduction to the study of grammatical theory. The article refers to the changes that took place in grammar, i.e., from being a literary discipline it became a logical, speculative discipline, which is reflected in this pedagogical material. Furthermore, this material provides important indications of developments in grammatical theory and their effect on grammatical pedagogy. What is very striking is that certain text-books which enjoyed a widespread influence were written when there was not only a greatly increased demand for text-books but also when every discipline was undergoing radical change.

Foreign Language Teaching and the place of Grammar in Language Laboratory

Foreign Language Teaching and the place of Grammar in Language Laboratory

Report on the Teaching of Beginning Italian in the ASTP at The Ohio State University 1943–1944—Part I

Author's Summary— The author describes the aural‐oral approach and considers the place of grammar in this method. He then tells about the texts chosen and their treatment in class. Finally, newspaper reading and talks in Italian by the students are discussed.

The Place of Grammar

The Place of Grammar