Teaching grammar: a safe place?

Authors

  • Fernanda Landucci Ortale USP – Universidade de São Paulo – Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas – Departamento de Letras Modernas. São Paulo – SP – Brasil.
  • Roberta Ferroni USP – Universidade de São Paulo – Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas – Departamento de Letras Modernas. São Paulo – SP – Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29051/el.v1i1.8053

Keywords:

Foreign language, Teaching grammar, Teacher education,

Abstract

The article discusses, based on researches, the role of grammar in language teaching. The data were carried out in a Letters Undergraduate Program, and aimed to identify the representations of student teachers, with some experience in teaching, about grammar instruction in foreign language teaching (Italian). The analysis revealed that student teachers see grammar as the center of the process of teaching language, and this attitude can be explained not only by the insecurity of the students about their own oral proficiency, but also by direct correspondence established between language and a set of grammatical rules. This study also shows the need to foster, during initial training, effective strategies to reduce the gap between recent production in language learning area and the reality in language classrooms in Brazil.

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Published

28/09/2015

How to Cite

ORTALE, F. L.; FERRONI, R. Teaching grammar: a safe place?. Revista EntreLinguas, Araraquara, v. 1, n. 1, p. 67–84, 2015. DOI: 10.29051/el.v1i1.8053. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/entrelinguas/article/view/8053. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

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