grammar schools like second herb stahlke plea following brief survey decline grammar teaching mirrors events uk also teach undergrad english linguistics course many students brush grammar entire english ed program find students many well prepared highly motivated little grammar k12 surprising since taught teachers taught believe teaching grammar served purpose taught little effort made make grammar make sense seem relevant interesting become teachers probablly less understanding ability teach grammar even generation reverse certainly either replacing grammar even abstract difficulty linguistic subject matter going see change without concerted efforts linguists work together educators school boards legislators make people aware nature grammar academic subject lsa standing committee topic havent able find much activities positions lsa literature web page responsibility knowledge bring change grammar education nt sort unified concerted effort posting also carried similar message larry rosenwald describes attempts help students write better care reasonably precise vocabulary analysis since strand arose discussion recent trial uk materials testing pupils knowledge grammar readers may interested background recent developments uk interesting mind potentially positive spite introduced quite wrong reasons rightwing government aiming return basics official national curriculum requires schools teach grammar obvious statement requirement heading writing secondary schools specifically leading ages 14 16 pupils encouraged broaden understanding principles sentence grammar taught organise whole texts effectively note stress understanding grammar well applying understanding pupils given opportunities analyse writing reflecting meaning clarity individual sentences using appropriate terminology given opportunities learn discourse structure structure whole texts paragraph structure different types praragraphs formed openings closings different kinds writing phrase clause sentence structure use complex grammatical structures linking structures appropriate connective use main subordinate clauses phrases words components including stem prefix suffix inflection grammatical functions nouns verbs adjectives adverbs pronouns prepositions conjunctions demonstratives punctuation use full range punctuation marks including full stops question exclamation marks commas semicolons colons linguist arguments list given purpose etc also recognised teachers need trained kind work rather ambitious teachers teachertrainers need help professionals e us think lot us uk would interested hear colleagues countries school grammar fed directly academic grammar richard dick hudson department phonetics linguistics university college london gower street london wc1e 6bt work phone 171 419 3152 work fax 171 383 4108 email dick ling ucl ac uk websites home page http www phon ucl ac uk home dick home htm unpublished papers available ftp uk home dick papers htm