2. 1920s Systematic approach :
1. Selecting grammar for teaching purposes
2. Priority for applied linguists
1930s
Applied linguists began applying principles of
selection to the design of grammatical
syllabuses
3. 1. Traditionally the grammar
2. Started with finites of be
3. Statements of identification
4. Present Progressive
5. Simple Present & Past Tense
4. Gradation by Palmer
Gradation is concerned :
1. Grouping
2. Sequencing
Of teaching items in a syllabus
5. 1. Certain moods
2. Tenses
___ Concentrate on the useful ones first
In language :
Fundamental laws of grammar, and
Syntax
Principle of Gradation :
--- First learn these essentials
--- Leave thedetails
6. 1.Simplicity an centrality
2. Frequency
3. Learnability
Grammatical Structures :
* Natural order
* Order should inform teaching
* A number of applied linguists
8. 1940 beginners’ courses in English began to
appear :
Principles of vocabulary
Grammatical control
--- organized into graded into sequences
9. The resulting pedagogical grammar of
English (or variation on it) formed the basis
for grammatical syllabus of most teaching
materials produced at the time
The use of grammatical syllabus can be
regarded as the conventional approach to
language teaching