RECONCEPTUALISING GRAMMAR IN TEACHER EDUCATION

Andrew PackettFaculdade de LetrasUniversidade de

Coimbra

GRAMMAR = centralSentence 10 Sentence 15 Sentence 26 Sentence 42

GRAMMAR = negative feelingsSentence 1Sentence 5Sentence 16Sentence 27Sentence 35

Sentence 3 Sentence 9 Sentence 25 Sentence 38Grammar = rules

Sentence 4Sentence 12 Sentence 23 Sentence 40Grammar = product

Sentence 32Sentence 35Sentence 37Sentence 39GRAMMAR = correctness

Sentence 8Sentence 21Sentence 30Sentence 37GRAMMAR = sentences

Reconceptualising grammarFrom grammar as ...

to grammar as ...rulesproductcorrectnesssentencemonolithic

pattern and choice

processresourceword, sentence,

textvarieties

From formal to functional grammar set of systems of choicemeaning use lexicogrammarregister a grammar of use for application

(Thompson, 2004)