Jimmy H.M. van Rijt

List of John Benjamins publications in which Jimmy H.M. van Rijt is involved.

Journal

Pedagogical Linguistics

Edited by Andreas Trotzke and Tom Rankin

ISSN 2665-9581 | E‑ISSN 2665‑959X

Articles

Rijt, Jimmy H.M. van, Michelle Bouw and Sven De Maeyer 2025 Measuring grammatical understanding: Assessing the usability of the Test for Grammatical Understanding (TGU) through item response theory analyses Pedagogical Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article

In the realm of first language (L1) grammar education, research on instruments assessing explicit grammatical understanding is limited. This article discusses an Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis on the Test for Grammatical Understanding (TGU), a multiple-choice tool designed for measuring… read more

Rijt, Jimmy H.M. van and Peter-Arno Coppen 2021 The conceptual importance of grammar: Knowledge-related rationales for grammar teaching Pedagogical Linguistics 2:2, pp. 175–199 | Article

Knowledge about Language (KaL) is an important part of L1 language education around the world. A controversial part of KaL is grammatical or syntactic knowledge, i.e., knowledge about the form, meaning and use of sentences and phrases. In the current international discourse on L1 grammar… read more

Dols-Koot, Ilona J.E. en Jimmy H.M. van Rijt 2019 ‘Hakken en plakken’: Een verkenning van de rol van morfologisch bewustzijn in het spellingonderwijs Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 8:2, pp. 310–330 | Article

Orthography is considered to be a major problem in Dutch education, since many pupils don’t seem to be able to master orthographic rules, even after years of education. In educational literature it is argued that the problems related to spelling are caused by approaches that focus more on rules… read more