From my readings, research indicates that just teaching grammar terminology by itself is ineffective. This is because grammar terminology can be abstract and loaded with hidden assumptions.Robert de Be described grammar terminology to this,"a ladder with the bottom rungs cut out-if you don't already know the concept underlying the terminology, the terminology itself will be of little use to you."
However, Mark Lester states that there are two techniques that help students to grasp grammatical concepts. They are sentence combining and paraphrasing tests. sentence combining shows students how sentences with multiple phrases and clauses are built from underlying simple sentences and allows students to compare and evaluate the grammatical and stylistic effect of different ways of combining the same simple sentence. Paraphrasing tests on the other hand, tap into students' unconscious knowledge of their language which becomes practical ways of identifying concepts.
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