I have actually used Understanding and Using English Grammar: Chartbook for remedial English grammar practice/learning with my first year German language students, in order to show them the general differences between the subject, the direct object and the indirect object of a sentence (prior to for example introducing the accusative and dative cases, which in German have distinctive forms and endings). Honestly, why do university and college level ESL students often receive better grammar instruction than native speakers and why do they more often than not have better grammar and writing skills? It is to despair, but perhaps these grammar charts might aid in rectifying this educational shortcoming.
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Betty Schrampfer Azar's grammar charts are an informative, handy (and really quite amazing) language teaching and learning resource and tool, and while of course primarily conceived for ESL learners, they can and actually should be considered by and for anyone wanting or needing a handy and portable reference manual for basic English grammar rules (the set-up is concise and well organised, with the rules themselves also presented clearly and thankfully without over description and analysis).Īnd in my opinion, parents especially would do well to consider investing in Understanding and Using English Grammar: Chartbook or similar such language arts books, as it sadly and frustratingly seems more and more the case that grammar instruction especially has fallen by the wayside for schoolchildren (supposedly, teachers are often actively discouraged from teaching traditional language basics and sometmes not even PERMITTED by their respective school boards to teach grammar and standard word, sentence parsing skills).
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