The complexity, breadth and specialization of contemporary linguistics has itself meant that educationalists have often rejected linguistics in toto. Not being able to see the wood for the trees, they have jumped to the conclusion that linguistics comprises jargon and formalism, and discusses only a model of language which is of no use to teachers and pupils, since it avoids real language behaviour. Descriptions such as linguistics is "scientific", "mathematical" or "abstract" are often used to refer in a slightly confused way to such feelings. There is no point in ignoring the problem that linguistics is now as much as a tum-off for many teachers as grammar used to be. This may be a superficial reaction, but it must be countered: there is no point in talking if no-one wants to listen. It follows that questions of presentation are crucial.
- There is often a suspicion in teacher education of anything that practising teachers might not understand immediately, and linguistics has a reputation for conceptual difficulty. Many teachers have an image of themselves as practical and down-to-earth folk, having to cope with everyday life at the chalk-face, in the blackboard jungle, and as taking a sensible standing against the impractical theorising of linguists, sociologists and psychologists of education, and all the rest,
The complexity, breadth and specialization of contemporary linguistics has itself meant that educationalists have often rejected linguistics in toto. Not being able to see the wood for the trees, they have jumped to the conclusion that linguistics comprises jargon and formalism, and discusses only a model of language which is of no use to teachers and pupils, since it avoids real language behaviour. Descriptions such as linguistics is "scientific", "mathematical" or "abstract" are often used to refer in a slightly confused way to such feelings. There is no point in ignoring the problem that linguistics is now as much as a tum-off for many teachers as grammar used to be. This may be a superficial reaction, but it must be countered: there is no point in talking if no-one wants to listen. It follows that questions of presentation are crucial. - There is often a suspicion in teacher education of anything that practising teachers might not understand immediately, and linguistics has a reputation for conceptual difficulty. Many teachers have an image of themselves as practical and down-to-earth folk, having to cope with everyday life at the chalk-face, in the blackboard jungle, and as taking a sensible standing against the impractical theorising of linguists, sociologists and psychologists of education, and all the rest,
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