Can There Be an Overfocus on Grammar?

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English with Jennifer


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It's overwhelming today as a language learner.Ā  There's a lot available, and that's wonderful,Ā Ā 
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but it's also overwhelming. But can you tell meĀ  then with everything available now today, what areĀ Ā 
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some of the common mistakes that language learnersĀ  face? What kind of problems tend to be common asĀ Ā 
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they create their studies? In Japan, I think weĀ  teachers still use the grammar translation method,Ā Ā 
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so you know, that's different from justĀ  teaching grammar. It's sort of a method that,Ā Ā 
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as I understand it, doesn't have any research toĀ  support it, and doesn't have any theory behindĀ Ā 
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it. That's different from teaching grammar theĀ  good way, like you do. Thank you. Some peopleĀ Ā 
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are very gifted at teaching grammar, and I'm inĀ  awe of people like you who can teach grammar inĀ Ā 
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a very interesting and very intelligent way.Ā  And you have a really powerful grasp of it.
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