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When the Student Knows the Grammar — but Still Cannot Speak
When the Student Knows the Grammar — but Still Cannot Speak | LEVITIN SCHOOL
Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

When the Student Knows the Grammar — but Still Cannot Speak

What Really Happens Between Knowledge and Communication (Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin) In language teaching there is a situation that almost every experienced teacher recognizes immediately. A student understands grammar. The student has learned the rules. The student can even explain those rules correctly. But when a real conversation begins, something stops working. The sentences […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
• 26.03.2026 • 3 min read
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why grammar is not enough