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Date Posted: 12:50:29 06/16/07 Sat
Author: Clarissa (Peer Editing to Marina)
Subject: Peer Editing to Marina

The use of grammar in the classroom has been very discussed recently. To teach or not to teach. Because the way that is passed to the students is very tired and massive. Making the propose, which is “the control of theory makes a better practice”, get lost. But it doesn’t mean that because the propose is lost, that grammar doesn’t have to be passed to the student. So, as basis of all languages, grammar must be taught in the classroom as an important subject as vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.
As it, the grammar, /you should that this comma out/ is seeing on the high school, pushing rules, making people learn it by heart, is so wrong, and makes the student get far away from what it really is. Grammar is the basis of a language. The first or the second, it doesn’t matter which one, but when you speak, you are only putting in the daily journey what is writing on the theory book.
We have the principle of the language, which is the verbs and the nouns. A sentence is not simple words. Is a sequence made by words. Noun and verb and noun. Of course that this is only the basic principle of the language grammar. The student doesn’t need to get further on the grammar study, at least, if he/she doesn’t want to become a professional in this area.
So, what is grammar? Grammar is not the teaching of massive conjugation of subjunctive, or even the learn by heart of all the names a noun can have. But it is the learning of the basic sequence of a sentence, and also the basic conjugation of a verb, in the time that it is passing in the school period. Because a sentence needs it. Noun + verb + noun. And a conjugated verb.
That’s the reason /that are the reasons, because you pointed out two reasons/ grammar must be taught in the classroom. To get the propose, and to get it right. Because, it is the basis of a language. And is very important to know how to speak and to pass /convey, I think is a better word/ a message.
Even when you are passing /conveying/ the message with the wrong conjugation of the verb, you are using the grammar. The basic principle. So, a person cannot escape. Then, why don’t use the grammar in the right way? Or even know the basic principle, to, at least, know what and where is the mistake. For all those reasons, grammar must be taught. In the right way.

Marina,
There are not references in your text. You should put the name of the author in the citation in the beginning of your text. Some changes I think you should make are between brackets in the text. I think you didn’t supported your argument that grammar should be taught in the right way. You explained and described more then supported your ideas. I felt a little bit confused when reading your text. Your ideas are great, but I think you should review your text in order to make it clearer to the reader.

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