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1. GRAMMARING

2. WHAT IS GRAMMAR?
• Grammar was considered a method of language teaching
and learning within the so-called Grammar-Translation
Approach.
• Within this approach, which draws from philology, grammar
was viewed as the core of language. However, with the shift
from philology to linguistics, the notion of grammar has
changed accordingly.
• With the eruption of modern linguistics, grammar began to
be described as a system of structures in addition to
vocabulary and pronunciation.

3. WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF
GRAMMARING?
• The process by which a learner acquires the ability to use
grammar structures accurately, meaningfully, and
appropriately.
• The term “grammaring” was coined by applied linguist Diane
Larsen-Freeman to convey the dynamic nature of the
grammar learning process.

4. IMPORTANCE OF GRAMMARING
• messages through grammaticalizing or adding grammar to a
sequence of words to create finer meaning distinctions.
• The linguist Diane Larsen-Freeman proposes grammaring as
an important process in second/ foreign language learning.
• Grammaring emphasizes grammar as a dynamic process
rather than a system of rules.

5. GRAMMARING FROM LARSEN-FREEMAN
• Larsen-Freeman says “grammaring” can be seen as a “fifth
skill.”
HOWEVER,
• Grammar and vocabulary are not language skills. They are
language components which are essential to the mastery of
all the four skills.
• You cannot use any language skill without using grammar
and vocabulary. Grammar is not an end in itself but it is a
means to an end—to improve learners’ proficiency in the four
language skills.