{"product_id":"200-years-of-grammar-a-history-of-grammar-teaching-in-canada-new-zealand-and-australia-1800-2000-9781462051670","title":"200 Years of Grammar: A History of Grammar Teaching in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, 1800-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince 1800, students have spent millions of hours learning English grammar. Students and teachers have toiled at parsing and analysis, dreading the English exam at the end of the year, as debate over the real value of learning grammar has raged. Nowhere have these arguments been as passionate as in the English-speaking colonies of Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e200 Years of Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e, author Dr. Laurence Walker narrates a detailed history of the origins and evolution of grammar education and its relationship to English usage in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Walker presents a discussion of grammar's educational significance and provides a framework for how the context of the politics surrounding grammar teaching affects students and teachers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering many applicable examples, \u003ci\u003e200 Years of Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e gives insight into the issues with which English teachers around the world have grappled for years. It provides teachers, students, and those interested in the English language with an engaging history of grammar education from the introduction of state curriculum through to the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurence Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462051670\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45063389741171,"sku":"9.78146E+12","price":35.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_098120e9-7d28-49fd-99db-6becd694f459.jpg?v=1780430185","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/200-years-of-grammar-a-history-of-grammar-teaching-in-canada-new-zealand-and-australia-1800-2000-9781462051670","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}