Grammar Vs Grammar

Imagine that you have a friend named Jelly. You want to ask Jelly out for lunch and text her, “let’s eat jelly,” but what you meant was, “let’s eat, Jelly.” One who doesn’t know the importance of grammar in writing wouldn’t understand that these two phrases mean two different things. Many times we don’t realize how important writing and grammar are. Some might say it is only important for those studying English because they use it. What some of us may not realize is that English extends beyond simply an English major to more areas of expertise. Engineers use writing to communicate with each other and to report their work in databases for corporate companies. Physicians use writing to communicate information about their patients to each other. Those in charge of making scenes in movies use writing to specify the details in each scene. Your emails, texts, IMs, and all other types of communication that involve technology require one to know how to write. Writing should be …show more content…
The substitution of visual aids in the place of writing prevents students from strengthening their composition skills as well as their thought process. In the abstract of an essay by Kim Tae-Eun entitled, “Writing instruction for English language learners: teacher beliefs, writing tasks, and methods,” Tae-Eun takes a look at two classrooms, one for second-grade ESL students and one for third-grade ESL students. Tar-Eun explains that “The second-grade ESL teacher showed reliance on transcription-oriented writing activities with relatively little use of composition-oriented activities,” whereas the third-grade teacher used mostly composition based curriculum. The students in the second-grade class did well; however, the students in the third-grade class who focused more on activities that involved a greater demand of composition exceled greatly and came out with better writing