Challenging Conceptions of Grammar

Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that grammar is not an area of knowledge but the fifth skill in language teaching.

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Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that Grammar is only about accuracy and meaningfulness.

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Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that a person who lives in an environment where target language is spoken doesn't need to learn grammar because it will be acquired naturally.

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Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that the teachers should teach the rules by helping the students realize that there is an underlying logic to the language that they are learning.

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Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that error correction or feedback is unnecessary because receiving feedback on their performance does not make the learners feel depressed.

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Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that the teachers need to find a way to make grammar practice meaningful in case the learners think that grammar is boring.

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Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that it cannot be said that there is a single mechanism that would account for all aspects of grammatical structure acquisition.

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Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that grammar structures are acquired in a set order like starting with yes- no questions and then learning to invert.

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Diane Larsen- Freeman thinks that İt is not possible that there is always one right answer about which linguistic form to use to convey a certain meaning.

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