LANGUAGE PROGRAM COLLOQUIUM SERIES PRESENTS:

“In the Defense of Linguistic Grammar”

Patricia Lunn

Professor Emeritus of Spanish Michigan State University

Discussions about teaching grammar in the foreign language classroom are usually cast in terms of when (in order of acquisition) and how much (as against other activities). A little-discussed aspect of grammar teaching is what the content of grammar lessons should be. But not all grammatical description is equal, and some is not even accurate. This presentation argues that the simplicity and descriptive adequacy of linguistic grammar should be recognized and exploited.