The second half of the conversation with Paul Duke, The English Grammar Detective. (Listen to the previous episode for Part 1)
Paul helps English teachers and learners understand the complexities and nuances of grammar. He’s an English Instructor, online tutor, and content creator based in Vancouver, Canada.
Paul was a private investigator and executive security specialist. In that profession, he learned a lot about asking questions and acquiring information and he has found a clever way to adapt these techniques into an inductive method of teaching grammar. In this 2-part conversation, you’ll hear us talk about:
The connection between crime scenes and learning grammar
Teaching grammar
Grammar rules
Why grammar is essential
How to learn grammar
Avoiding learning grammar
Grammar in writing
Knowing what you want to learn a language for
English Weirdness (Paul’s grammar investigation series on YouTube)
Open Draft - with Fabio Cerpelloni