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A Grammarian’s Funeral


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1 P.K.R. Arts College for Women, Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time-George Bernard Shaw Recently, I happened to inaugurate the annual session of the 14th International English Grammar Congress (IEGC), co-sponsored by the British Council and held in the south of India. I tried to share, in my inaugural address, some of my perceptions of and experiences in teaching grammar in India and abroad over the past four decades. I thought I could adapt my presentation and have it published as a paper for the benefit of a larger audience. I am glad and grateful that IJRHuSS volunteered to publish it.

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Cognitive Dissonance, Collocation, Integrative Approach, Rankshifting, Systemics.
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R. V. Ram
P.K.R. Arts College for Women, Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time-George Bernard Shaw Recently, I happened to inaugurate the annual session of the 14th International English Grammar Congress (IEGC), co-sponsored by the British Council and held in the south of India. I tried to share, in my inaugural address, some of my perceptions of and experiences in teaching grammar in India and abroad over the past four decades. I thought I could adapt my presentation and have it published as a paper for the benefit of a larger audience. I am glad and grateful that IJRHuSS volunteered to publish it.

Keywords


Cognitive Dissonance, Collocation, Integrative Approach, Rankshifting, Systemics.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/hijrh%2F2017%2Fv4i1%2F154508