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The Teaching of Normal Grammar: Prepared for the Use of Student-Teachers of Teaching in the San Francisco State Normal Training Schools (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Frederic Burk

 
9781330483572: The Teaching of Normal Grammar: Prepared for the Use of Student-Teachers of Teaching in the San Francisco State Normal Training Schools (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Master grammar teaching with clear, practical methods .

The Teaching of Normal Grammar offers a classroom-focused approach for training student-teachers in how to present and develop language skills, from verb conjugations to pronoun cases, through concrete, repeatable steps.

This guide presents a progression from visual diagramming to abstract analysis, showing how to build reflex, independent thinking about grammar while still using language forms as a teaching aid. It emphasizes careful drill, error correction, and the gradual reduction of diagramming as pupils grasp underlying relations.
  • How to introduce conjugation and irregular verbs using examples such as see and be
  • Strategies for correcting common errors and explaining why forms are wrong
  • Techniques to shift learners from diagramming to abstract linguistic understanding
  • Ways to integrate language forms with thinking, so students express ideas clearly
Ideal for teachers-in-training and instructors seeking practical, step-by-step methods for grammar instruction.

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