Why Teach Grammar on a Computer?
Since grammar is systematic, it can be taught on a computer, and since a computer never gets tired, it can repeat those key words and grammatical patterns to the extent that they become internalized in the students’ minds. When internalized, these words and patterns work as road signs, revealing the direction each sentence should take. If students hear, speak, read, or write the word “When” at the beginning of a sentence, they will intuit where the sentence is going. They will know without thinking that an introductory clause will follow the word “When”, that a comma will follow the introductory clause, and that a main clause will follow the comma: “When” students internalize those key words and grammatical patterns, they will begin to write effortlessly. Like a jigsaw puzzle, as more words and patterns become internalized, the image of their writing will become clearer and clearer. With thirty or forty students in a class, most teachers do not have time to repeat these words and patte
