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An Endocentric Approach to English Grammar Teaching

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Reconceptualizing English Education in a Multilingual Society

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This chapter discusses the endocentric approach to English grammar teaching that Filipino ELT practitioners may adopt as a pedagogical philosophy. In this approach, language teachers adhere to General American English (GAE) and educated Philippine English (PE) in teaching grammar. Doing this entails making grammar instruction corpus-driven, designing Philippine and American English-based ELT syllabi, conducting pedagogical acceptability judgment tests, featuring both Philippine English and American English grammar in ESL textbooks and work texts, incorporating the World Englishes (WE) framework in textbooks and work texts, and testing learners on varieties of English.

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  1. Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines

    Alejandro S. Bernardo

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  1. Department of English, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines

    Isabel Pefianco Martin

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Bernardo, A.S. (2018). An Endocentric Approach to English Grammar Teaching. In: Martin, I. (eds) Reconceptualizing English Education in a Multilingual Society. English Language Education, vol 13. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7528-5_7

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