Recently, Wan Asmuri posted this comment on my blog:
"we should learn english without concentrating a lot on grammar.Grammar make us learn very slow."
I respect his opinion, but I do not share his view on this.
For me, grammar is fundamental in the process of learning a language. If I may quote Karen Armstrong from her autobiography of the bible:
Language is a complex code, ruled by deep laws that combine to form a coherent system that is imperceptible to the speaker, unless he or she is a trained linguist.
The rules of grammar are the laws of the language. An impressive vocabulary would mean nothing if the rules of grammar are not applied to it.
Take this collection of words as an example:
pretentious relucent be? indie artists must why
Is this English? The words look English. Spellchecker doesn't complain. So it should be English, right?
For someone who knows nothing about grammar, they might think that its perfect English(except 'relucent' though, I don't think anyone would use that word).
But even for someone like me, a struggling English learner with minimal knowledge of the English grammar, I would say that this is not English.
These words do not make sense at all. The words might seem pretty but without grammar, it lacks meaning.
The purpose of this blog is to share my experience of learning the English language and I intend to do it by learning grammar. It might be slow, but hey, I'm a slow learner.
Allah knows best.
4 comments:
long time no post. good to see you back. indeed, grammar is fundemental. but vocabulary also play its own part. solid grammar without adequate vocabs does not be helpful all the time.
just trying to say, both compliment each other.
You made me google what relucent was. And for that you must pay!
Hi, writer of "The Works" here. I updated my blog. Now, advertisement away. I would like to put my view on this.
Grammar is indeed a must in the English Language. I learnt my grammar through writing (And countless preaches from my mother), and as a fellow that got himself into a writing craze, I recommend that everyone do so.
It may seem like you're not going anywhere in writing, but think of it this way:
1)You are expressing your creativity
2)Throughout writing, you'll find yourself at the verge of;
a)Self-contradicting grammar issues
b)Finding the right words
c)Trying to find the suitable idiomatic expressions
Which, along the way, you'll find yourself fixing them.
3)You'll get a chance to publish your work!
And that's all I guess. It's 12.17 AM now. I must descend to my sleep, or that 5 AM jogging will be skipped.
Hey Afif, thanks for the advice and encouragement.
I really enjoy reading your work and that really inspires me to improve my English.
I will try to continue writing and hopefully you did not have to skip your 5 am jog.
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