Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
Prescriptivism and the genre of pedagogical reference grammars for Italian students / A. Nava. - In: EDUCAZIONE LINGUISTICA LANGUAGE EDUCATION. - ISSN 2280-6792. - 3:3(2014), pp. 405-417.
Abstract:
Despite being thought of as – rightly or wrongly – one of the essential tools for instructed
language learning, pedagogical reference grammar books are still mainly uncharted territory
within English grammaticographical research. The aim of this paper is to illustrate some
distinctive features of the genre of pedagogical reference grammar books for Italian students of
English vis- -vis the notion of prescriptivism. The genre originated in Italy in the 80s of last century
as communicative approaches started to become mainstream in Italian schools. The analysis
is based on a corpus of eleven grammar books and shows that the genre is rooted in a view of
grammar and an approach to grammar selection and presentation which may be dubbed ‘pedagogical prescriptivism’.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
A. Nava
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