How to treat the gramatical errors in spoken English?

LOTUSJNG · Post by **LOTUSJNG** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:52 am

Grammar is the primary in the sttudy of a foreign language, especially for the Second languagu learners. Grammar is the set of the rules which postulate what one language should be. Study of the language is beneficial to the learners'comprehension and translation of the target language. However, grammartical errors are inevitable in second language learners' speaking. How should we treat the grammatical errors in spoken language? It is necessary for the teachers to correct them whenever them occur?

Stephen Jones · Post by **Stephen Jones** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:22 pm

Should it be necessary to point out all mistakes:

Grammar is the primary ( )in the sttudy of a foreign language, especially for the Second languagu learners. Grammar is the set of the rules which postulate what one language should be. Study of the language is beneficial to the learners'comprehension and translation of the target language. However, grammartical errors are inevitable in second language learners' speaking. How should we treat the grammatical errors in spoken language? It is necessary for the teachers to correct themwhenever them occur?

Sally Olsen · Post by **Sally Olsen** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:03 pm

Well done Stephen.

I am wondering you would correct words like "a lot, love as in 'I would love to work for your company'" and ending a sentence with a preposition in a Business Covering letter?

Stephen Jones · Post by **Stephen Jones** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:59 am

ending a sentence with a preposition in a Business Covering letter?

The postponed preposition has been a feature of English since Anglo-Saxon times. The first person to object to it was Dryden, and the prohibition was a figment of his imagination.

Not only does the preposition before the relative often appear stilted, but there are phrases where the postponed preposition is mandatory, such as contact clauses or relative clauses with 'that'.

'I would love to work for your company'

It is common amongst Romance speakers to confuse 'love' and 'like'. To say "I would love to work for you" instead of "I would really like to work for you" is not a fault of grammar. The phrase might be considered too fulsome, particularly if addressed to the HR department of an investment bank or a correctional facility, but is not ungrammatical. It's a context-based call.