Episode 79: Prescriptivism vs descriptivism

TEFL Waffle

How good are you at grammar? Or should that be 'with grammar'? How seriously do you take things when someone makes a mistake? Are there such things as mistakes? Do you think teachers should take things like grammar as part of their core job? How about disagreeing with another teacher about grammar mistakes? Troy and Steve are good at disagreeing, even when things are fairly clearly wrong (in Troy's case). The thing is, when someone is really arrogant and a ruddy know-it-all, like Troy, isn't it a lot of fun to get into arguments just for the sake of things? On a side note, isn't it a fun idea to help students with their research?

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