Perspectives on the teaching of grammar: curriculum, didactic proposals, and classroom practice

Perspectives sobre l'ensenyament de la gramàtica: Currículum, propostes didàctiques i pràctica d'aula

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https://doi.org/10.1344/did.2020.8.3-6

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didáctica de la lengua, didácticas específicas, didáctica de la gramática

Abstract

The teaching of grammar is a permanently topical subject in the teaching of languages (first, second, and foreign languages). Despite some positions that question its usefulness, at the present time numerous actions in the academic world (publishing special issues and pedagogic materials, holding meetings and debates, etc.) suggest the lively interest, at an international level, in the place of grammar teaching in language education. One of these actions has been the celebration of the III International Congress on the Teaching of Grammar (Congram19), which took place in Barcelona in January 2019, with the attendance of more than 250 delegates from thirty countries. This congress constitutes the origin of the special issue that we present.

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2021-08-31

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No. 8 (2020)

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Monographic section

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