What are the advances in the understanding of grammar in middle childhood?
What will be an ideal response?
Older children become increasingly aware of and knowledgeable about the nature and qualities of language, known as metalinguistic awareness. Language arts classes in elementary school teach children about the parts of language and the syntax of sentences, aiding children as they further develop their ability to think about their use of language. By 8 years of age, children can analyze the grammatical acceptability of their utterances and spontaneously self-correct many of their errors.
In middle childhood, school children become better able to understand complex grammatical structures. They begin to use the passive voice ("The dog is being fed"), complex constructions such as the use of the auxiliary have ("I have already fed the dog"), and conditional sentences ("If I had been home earlier, I would have fed the dog").
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