The power of metaoperational linguistics: a reappraisal of English grammar

• Autor(a) principal: Chouit, Drissia
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Nfissi, Abdelhamid
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Veras
• DOI: 10.34117/bjdv10n1-145
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BRJD/article/view/66878
• topic: metaoperational linguistics; abstract processing of utterances; communication strategies; grammar in context; English as a Foreign Language (EFL)

This feature article presents a new approach to the teaching of grammar in universities, based on Metaoperational Linguistics. Tackling one of the most important chapters of English grammar, the teaching of tenses, it aims to show (1) the importance of teaching grammar in context; (2) the importance of investing linguistic research in this pedagogical process; and most importantly, (3) the prerogative of understanding how a language works in order to master it. In other words, when students know how language works, they learn it easily and effectively, and they master the use of grammatical forms in context. In fact, it is the teaching pedagogy which is at stake here: a pedagogy that addresses students’ intelligence and cognitive capacities in order to motivate them and help them become autonomous learners and skilled communicators.