Understanding and Teaching Grammar in the Primary Classroom - 9781138948877

Taylor & Francis

Understanding and Teaching Grammar in the Primary ClassroomSubject knowledge, ideas and activities\nAuthor(s): Josh Lury\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138948877, 978-1138948877\nSynopsis\nUnderstanding and Teaching Grammar in the Primary Classroom is a practical guide for trainee and practising teachers, with language, and the way we use it to think and communicate, at its heart. Built on a foundation of how powerful, beautiful and thought-provoking language is, this book uses our intuitions about words and language to form a picture of how grammar works, and how even very young children are masters of its patterns. \n\nEach chapter builds from fundamental concepts up to the fine details, providing an introduction to developing grammatical subject knowledge, alongside explanations of key ideas and vocabulary, including: \n\n Generality a look at the general structures of sentences that allow us to learn a lan.