PRELIMS situations.

SC 9-TeachAssGram - Teaching and Assessment of  very useful in showing how texts work beyond
Grammar the level of the sentence, how different texts are
Lesson 1 - Four Types of Grammar structured, and how language varies to suit the
Grammar - system and structure of a language purpose of the users.
dealing with inflexional formsindicating the
relationship of words in asentence (Oxford English
Dictionary)
- comprised of rules which control the way a
communication system works
- systems of a language – phonology,morphology,
syntax, semantics, and lexicon – necessary to form
and interpret sentences.
- process for making communication clear when
contextual information is lacking
- central processing unit of a language, the
powerhouse where meanings are created

Four Types of Grammar

 Pedagogical grammar
 Descriptive grammar
 Prescriptive grammar
 Functional grammar

 Pedagogical Grammar
Pedagogy - study of teaching methods, including the
aims of education and the ways in which such goals
may be achieved
Pedagogical grammar
- types of grammatical analysis and instruction
designed for the needs of second language students.

 DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR study of a

language, its structure, and its rules as they are
used in daily life by its speakers from all
walks of life, including standard and
nonstandard varieties.

 PRESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR - specifies how

a language and its grammar rules should be used:
distinction between good grammar and bad
grammar: primary focus is on standard forms of
grammar and syntactic constructions

 FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR based on

systemic linguistics, emphasizes the way spoken
and written language operate in different social