being a polyglot someone who speaks
three or more languages fluently I have
a special interest in understanding what
I say in order to be productive during
my gap year I took a job teaching
languages things didn’t start off
smoothly when I was asked questions like
was the present participle I wasn’t able
to answer until I did some research in
other words I wasn’t able to logically
explain why I use certain expressions
I thought embarrassed stereotypically
teachers are supposed to be the dorms
equipped with everything students can
possibly want except for memory breath
but then I felt as if I discovered a new
world the moment I realized that there
are so many things behind my unconscious
usage of language I was eager to learn
more not only about what they are but
also about why am i ignorant about them
whether or not is shared among me and my
peers and if so what can we do as a
society to change it one of the
languages I thought was English and it
also happens to be a language in which
this issue is highly relevant to most of
its speakers so for the sake of argument
assuming that you were educated in the
english-speaking environment like I was
you probably learn English and foreign
languages differently
most native speaking classrooms do not
have a structured and rigorous teaching
of grammar as native speakers acquire
their grammar from their parents and
other speakers in their native
environment teachers often expect the
students are capable of subconsciously
understanding basic grammatical rules
and move on to more complex material on
the other side no native speaking
classrooms teach grammar from day one
providing students with power
shortcuts to understand language from
logic rather than empiricism I argue
that we need to systematically teach
grammar not just the foreigners but to
everyone including proficient or even
native speakers
ever since the english-speaking world to
collect theory based approach language
university professors started noticing a
drastic drop in quality of writing and
communication through social media
certainly hasn’t helped or are the
consequences of not knowing grammar you
may ask well for one thing you force
yourself to trust what sounds right
however while grammar is supposed to be
unambiguous sound is not take homonyms
when Q or more words are spelled
similarly very similar in pronunciation
but different in meaning in practice it
looks like this take the words it’s
there and read in the following
sentences it’s a cat I like its eyes
they are awesome I enjoy their company
I read a book the book is read grammar
also be worth a lot of money in October
2006 because of an additional comma in a
contract between two companies in Canada
one of them was able to save two million
dollars well that’s two million more
reasons to learn grammar it’s not going
to be deceiving it’s even worse when it
comes to punctuation words which aren’t
even pronounced so what can we do I
believe actions should be done on two
different levels
the first one is institutional our
schools should REO grammar not only just
in elementary school and perhaps in
middle school but also extended beyond
to high schoolers who are likely to be
more mature only then can writing and
peach which is desired effect the second
level is personal as far as you are the
curious type and to deepen the
understanding of your language or
languages let me show you something that
you might find cool take my brown little
cute talk and my cute little brown dog
which one is more correct well based on
adjective prioritization the second one
wins we often use this order
subconsciously but how awesome would it
be to learn an elegant formula to
explain why we do it
furthermore in this ever globalized
society we will all communicate with
more people it could be an employer an
admission officer or a friend you want
to create the best impression and avoid
misunderstanding
for instance you don’t want to text your
friend say let’s eat Alex as opposed to
let’s eat comma
Alex although you won’t be losing two
million dollars you just lost a friend
if I eating him alive I’m sorry it’s too
late now to say sorry
[Applause]
[Music]
take advantage of books use online
resources to check your grammatical
mistakes or just try to teach your
language or languages to known native
speaking friends especially beginners I
strongly recommend the last one by doing
it as a temporal profession for the past
few months I found it to be one of the
most rewarding experiences American
writer activist and feminist Rita Mae
brown
once said language is the road map of a
culture it tells you where people come
from and where they are going how can we
say that we know a culture if we don’t
possess the keys to decipher its daily
spoken words learning grammatical
imperatives
is one of the best ways to bridge was
conscious of with his or her
subconscious one and I hope that you are
as excited as I am to undertake this
marvelous journey
shukran spiriva gracias
merci Grazia sissy thank
[Applause]
three or more languages fluently I have
a special interest in understanding what
I say in order to be productive during
my gap year I took a job teaching
languages things didn’t start off
smoothly when I was asked questions like
was the present participle I wasn’t able
to answer until I did some research in
other words I wasn’t able to logically
explain why I use certain expressions
I thought embarrassed stereotypically
teachers are supposed to be the dorms
equipped with everything students can
possibly want except for memory breath
but then I felt as if I discovered a new
world the moment I realized that there
are so many things behind my unconscious
usage of language I was eager to learn
more not only about what they are but
also about why am i ignorant about them
whether or not is shared among me and my
peers and if so what can we do as a
society to change it one of the
languages I thought was English and it
also happens to be a language in which
this issue is highly relevant to most of
its speakers so for the sake of argument
assuming that you were educated in the
english-speaking environment like I was
you probably learn English and foreign
languages differently
most native speaking classrooms do not
have a structured and rigorous teaching
of grammar as native speakers acquire
their grammar from their parents and
other speakers in their native
environment teachers often expect the
students are capable of subconsciously
understanding basic grammatical rules
and move on to more complex material on
the other side no native speaking
classrooms teach grammar from day one
providing students with power
shortcuts to understand language from
logic rather than empiricism I argue
that we need to systematically teach
grammar not just the foreigners but to
everyone including proficient or even
native speakers
ever since the english-speaking world to
collect theory based approach language
university professors started noticing a
drastic drop in quality of writing and
communication through social media
certainly hasn’t helped or are the
consequences of not knowing grammar you
may ask well for one thing you force
yourself to trust what sounds right
however while grammar is supposed to be
unambiguous sound is not take homonyms
when Q or more words are spelled
similarly very similar in pronunciation
but different in meaning in practice it
looks like this take the words it’s
there and read in the following
sentences it’s a cat I like its eyes
they are awesome I enjoy their company
I read a book the book is read grammar
also be worth a lot of money in October
2006 because of an additional comma in a
contract between two companies in Canada
one of them was able to save two million
dollars well that’s two million more
reasons to learn grammar it’s not going
to be deceiving it’s even worse when it
comes to punctuation words which aren’t
even pronounced so what can we do I
believe actions should be done on two
different levels
the first one is institutional our
schools should REO grammar not only just
in elementary school and perhaps in
middle school but also extended beyond
to high schoolers who are likely to be
more mature only then can writing and
peach which is desired effect the second
level is personal as far as you are the
curious type and to deepen the
understanding of your language or
languages let me show you something that
you might find cool take my brown little
cute talk and my cute little brown dog
which one is more correct well based on
adjective prioritization the second one
wins we often use this order
subconsciously but how awesome would it
be to learn an elegant formula to
explain why we do it
furthermore in this ever globalized
society we will all communicate with
more people it could be an employer an
admission officer or a friend you want
to create the best impression and avoid
misunderstanding
for instance you don’t want to text your
friend say let’s eat Alex as opposed to
let’s eat comma
Alex although you won’t be losing two
million dollars you just lost a friend
if I eating him alive I’m sorry it’s too
late now to say sorry
[Applause]
[Music]
take advantage of books use online
resources to check your grammatical
mistakes or just try to teach your
language or languages to known native
speaking friends especially beginners I
strongly recommend the last one by doing
it as a temporal profession for the past
few months I found it to be one of the
most rewarding experiences American
writer activist and feminist Rita Mae
brown
once said language is the road map of a
culture it tells you where people come
from and where they are going how can we
say that we know a culture if we don’t
possess the keys to decipher its daily
spoken words learning grammatical
imperatives
is one of the best ways to bridge was
conscious of with his or her
subconscious one and I hope that you are
as excited as I am to undertake this
marvelous journey
shukran spiriva gracias
merci Grazia sissy thank
[Applause]
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