Effectively Learning Grammar: What Works and What Doesn't All teachers agree that students are better writers when they have an understanding of grammar. To be effective writers in school and to effectively communicate later in life when in the workplace, students need to use proper grammar. It is also the part of their academic learning. But, what are the best methods for learning grammar, normally thought of as a very controversial topic? Whenever we teach grammar in a classroom, we teach it in isolation. That means we are not associating it with the language. We are just encouraging our students to cram the rules. It is not improving their language. And the students also love it. In the short term it’s ok but in the long term it is not fruitful. The students normally forget 90 percent of it after a short time. We are wasting our lots of time in learning grammar. What does not work when learning grammar? Learning grammar as a subject in isolation...