November+21

Pick a question or respond to your own!

Option 1: Smith and Wilhelm advocate for learning grammar inductively: "the grammatical intuitions of native speakers trump their conscious attempts to apply grammatical nomenclature. So learning grammatical rules can actually undermine correct usage!"
 * What do you think about this approach? Do you foresee any problems?

Option 2: Smith and Wilhelm recommend that teachers choose what grammatical rules to teach based on the subjective, contextual needs of their students. Do you approve of this? Why/why not?