To be perfectly honest, grammar is extremely difficult for me to understand. It has always been more of an instinct to me and I have found that whenever someone tries to explain the rules behind it, I get completely lost. It is because of this that the article was exhausting for me to get through. From what I understand, as a kindergarten teacher I will be mostly dealing with Grammar 1. Besides a child's natural instincts, this will be the first proper introduction my students will have to grammar and so it will be my job to teach the basic fundamentals. Now, because grammar is hard for me to understand I want to use my weakness as a way of helping them by understanding that complicating grammar doesn't do any good. In this sense, I will encourage students to go with their natural tendencies and then work from there on what I feel needs to be helped. I really want to stay away from over-complicating like so many of my teachers did to me. But, with this in mind it really isn't until middle school that a student starts to use extensive and intricate grammar. As far as grammar 3 is concerned with "linguistic etiquette", I am not sure if this is something that I will be seeing a lot of with students of such a young age. However, I am planning on teaching in Montana and because of this I am aware that in general the language being used will be a little bit more rural than what I grew up with. From my experience in Bigfork (where I spend my summers), I have definitely noticed a lack of grammar 3 being used with both adults and children.
This is definitely a topic that I have to consider more thoroughly when it comes to my personal teaching approach because at this point in my life I am unsure of how I even feel about the importance of grammar. All I am really certain of right now is that when it comes to this topic, less is often more.
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