Beyond the Grammar Wars by Terry Locke - 9780415802659

Beyond the Grammar WarsA Resource for Teachers and Students on Developing Language Knowledge in the English/Literacy Classroom\nAuthor(s): Terry Locke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415802659, 978-0415802659\nSynopsis\nAre there evidence-based answers to the broad question \""What explicit knowledge about language in teachers and/or students appears to enhance literacy development in some way\""? Distinguished by its global perspective, its currency, and its comprehensiveness, Beyond the Grammar Wars:\n\nprovides an historical overview of the debates around grammar and English/literacy teaching in four settings: the US, England, Scotland and Australia\n\noffers an up-to-date account of what the research is telling (and not telling) us about the effectiveness of certain kinds of grammar-based pedagogies in English/literacy classrooms\n\ntakes readers into English/literacy classrooms through a range of examples of.