Communication or separation? The Role of Grammar in grade 9 English teaching materials Göteborg

Abstract

This study aims to investigate how grammar is dealt with in teaching materials for grade 9 English and also to investigate how well adjusted the currently used teaching materials are to the new curriculum Lgr11. Three teaching materials from three different publishers are analysed, Magic, Time and Wings. The primary focus of the survey is if grammar is dealt with in the materials in a way which corresponds to today´s language research and if these materials will be useful also after the implementation of Lgr11. The analysis shows that, to some extent, grammar is dealt with differently from other aspects of language learning and that this is not recommended by language researchers. It is also clearly shown that the teaching materials can be used together with Lgr11 if some adjustments are made. Magic is the book which would then require the most adjustments.