Abstract:
English language is the most important language today due to extensive range of purposes for which it is used. Especially at the university level, it is the medium of instructions and, generation and dissemination of knowledge. However, a considerable amount of our undergraduates still find it difficult to use English at the required level and the analysis of English grammar relevant to this observation in a pedagogical perspective is of applied linguistic significance. Therefore, this conceptual paper intends to compare and contrast the most popular grammar variety among the undergraduates. Prescriptive Grammar with Linguistic Grammar toward the development of English language competence among the undergraduates based on the exploration of the phenomenon of undergraduate English language learning while referring to prevailing literature for recognizing concepts and connections relating to the phenomenon.
