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Originally Posted by Casiopea  Welcome. 
Hmm. First, I'll need a wee bit of clarification.  Is your question in reference to Halliday's Functional Grammar or to the long-standing debate on Prescriptive and Descriptive grammars?  |
Sorry this is not completely on topic but I jumped at the opportunity to discuss Halliday's Functional Grammar.
I have just completed a M.Ed (TESOL) with a emphasis on Halliday's Functional Grammar and I have been teaching in Tokyo for ten years. Although my study has been interesting and has given me additional insight into English the practical application of SFL is problematic. In class I have introduced, in a simple way, participants, processes etc. However,I have found it very difficult to locate anybody in the EFL world, at the chalkboard, who is using SFL. It seems to be mostly used in discourse analysis by university lecturers and professors. Would you like to comment on this.
Regards,
John Curran
