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Grammar teaching in Portugal
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Although some studies evidenced a divide between the practices and the curricular
guidelines for first language teaching, in the Portuguese curriculum, there was
always some place for grammar teaching. The debate focuses on the questions "why
teach grammar?", "what to teach?" and "how to teach?" In the Portuguese case, answering
to the first question, we may identify the development of linguistic awareness and
the construction of explicit knowledge about the language, in order to form linguistically
and discursively competent citizens, using language proficiently in oral formal and
public contexts, in reading and in writing. Through an overview of the curricular guidelines,
as well as other official documents, the answer to the second question points at
what is taught about grammar in the Portuguese curriculum. Finally, since it is one of
the grammar teaching approaches with more empirical research, the Grammar Lab is
presented as being a good practice.
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Portuguese curriculum Grammar teaching Discovery-learning Grammar Lab L1-Education
Citation
Costa, A. L. & Rodrigues, S.V. (2019). Grammar Teaching in Portugal. Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature Vol. 12(2), pp. 21-40.