Foundations on english morphosyntax: B.Ed. in teaching english as a foreign language

Abstract

Many fashionable trends and radical theories on language teaching-learning processes have lessen the importance of studying diverse grammar aspects of the target language. From the conception “more context implies less grammar”, the emergence of the Direct Method and its evolution to a radical Communicative Approach of language teaching have eradicated even more grammar analysis in many classrooms. Any communicative approach in the language classroom methodology has proved many positive aspects to the L2 learning process. However, in this course we begin from the consideration that suggests that all professional teachers must be very familiar with grammar terminology, its patterns and structures in the target language in order to both provide students with solid explanations when necessary, and improve their own language command.