The importance of teaching Syntax to kids
Does this sound like your kid? Reading comprehension isn’t improving. Can’t answer inference questions, although they have worked on it. Facing trouble with re-tell sentences. Written language and essays are full of grammatical errors and sentences don’t make sense. Can’t follow directions in class. Unsure of processing difficulties. Do you know, what’s the common problem in this? The Syntax. Let us explain to you why it is important to teach syntax to your kids. What is Syntax? Syntax is a linguist’s word for sentence structure. It is a rule system that governs how words and phrases are arranged into clauses and sentences. What is Syntactic Awareness? Syntactic Awareness is the ability to monitor relationships among the words in the sentence to understand while reading or composing orally or in writing. Kids can build syntactic awareness through exposure to oral and written language through independent reading or when read aloud by their parents. Why teach syntax to kids?