This paper reports findings from a project involving the critical analysis of English grammar books (and language books with grammatical content) used at Primary and Secondary levels in NSW schools. The books surveyed betrayed a low level of awareness of developments in contemporary linguistics, and in particular, of the ‘structural’ approach to grammatical description. Such an approach, it is argued, has the potential to build on the insights of traditional grammar and to remedy many of its major shortcomings.
NSE Sadler, R. K., T. A. S. Hayllar and C. J. Powell (1988, repr. 1989 (twice)) New senior English. Melbourne, Macmillan. {Secondary}
NSyllE Billing, M. (1994, repr. 1995) New syllabus English. Sydney, Braxus Press. {Primary}
PGH Winch, G. and G. Blaxell (1994) The primary grammar handbook. Sydney, Martin Education. {Primary}
PYG Howard, P. (1989, repr. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) Perfect your grammar. Melbourne, Longman. {Reference}
SE Sadler, R. K., T. A. S. Hayllar and C. J. Powell (1985, repr. 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) Secondary English. Melbourne, Macmillan. {Secondary}
WH Beazley, M. and G. Marr (1992, repr. 1993, 1994) The writers handbook. Albert Park, Vic, Phoenix Education {Reference}
WW6 Winch, G. and G. Blaxell (1994) Write well 6. Sydney, Martin Education. {Primary}
Board of Studies
(1994) A handbook of grammar for teachers of English K-6. North Sydney, Board of Studies.
Board of Studies
(1996 (Aug)) English K-6 review report Part A: findings from the consultation. North Sydney, Board of Studies.
(“Eltis Report”)
Focusing on learning: report of the review of outcomes and profiles in New South Wales schooling. Sydney, NSW Department of Training and Education Co-ordination.
Halliday, M. A. K.
(1985, 2nd edn 1994) Introduction to functional grammar. London, Arnold.
Huddleston, Rodney
(1984) Introduction to the grammar of English. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Huddleston, R. D.
(1988) Constituency, multifunctionality and grammaticalization in Halliday’s Functional Grammar. Journal of Linguistics 241:137–74.
Huddleston, R. D.
(1989) English grammar in school textbooks: towards a consistent linguistic alternative. (Occasional Paper no. 11) ALAA.
2011. Grammar in English Curricula: Why Should Linguists Care?. Language and Linguistics Compass 5:12 ► pp. 835 ff.
Um, Tae-Kyung
2016. On the Notion of 5 Sentence Patterns in English Grammar Learning Materials. The Journal of the Korea Contents Association 16:6 ► pp. 283 ff.
Woo-hyun Jung
2013. Grammatical accuracy and authenticity in EFL textbook dialogues. Journal of the Korea English Education Society 12:2 ► pp. 149 ff.
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