RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Collins, Peter A1 Hollo, Carmella A1 Mar, Juliet YR 1997 T1 English grammar in school textbooks: A critical survey JF Australian Review of Applied Linguistics VO 20 IS 2 SP 33 OP 50 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.20.2.03col PB John Benjamins SN 0155-0640, AB This paper reports findings from a project involving the critical analysis of English grammar books (and language books with grammatical content) used at Primary and Secondary levels in NSW schools. The books surveyed betrayed a low level of awareness of developments in contemporary linguistics, and in particular, of the ‘structural’ approach to grammatical description. Such an approach, it is argued, has the potential to build on the insights of traditional grammar and to remedy many of its major shortcomings., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/aral.20.2.03col