Learning a language is not an easy task, more so if it is a language so different from one’s mother tongue. Perhaps the most challenging part about language acquisition is learning grammar. However, there are two approaches to grammar which are highly recommended and commonly employed by educators: one is the formal approach, and the other is the functional approach.
In teaching English orthography, or the alphabetical spelling system used in the English language (Wikipedia), using the formal approach seems to be the best choice, in particular, the application of connectionism theory. Phonology and phonetics in grammar have very ...
