ABSTRACT
There are a number of myths in circulation today about the teaching and learning of grammar. The following are but ten of them:
Grammar structures are meaningless forms. They are the skeleton, the bones of the language.
Grammar consists of arbitrary rules; the acquisition of the rules is also a somewhat arbitrary process.
Grammar structures are learned one at a time.
Grammar structures operate at the sentence and subsentence levels only.
Grammars are complete inventories; they explain all the structures in a language.
Grammar is an area of knowledge like vocabulary (as opposed to a skill like reading, writing, speaking, or listening).
Grammar is acquired naturally; it doesn't have to be taught.
Learners will eventually bring their performance into conformity with the target language; error correction is unnecessary.
All aspects of grammar structures are learned in the same way.
Grammar teaching and learning are boring.
