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'''Grammar Explorer''' is a language learning resource that was co-funded by the [[European Commission]] as part of its [http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/lingua/index_en.html Lingua programme] within the [[SOCRATES programme]]. The grammar is based on the requirements of [[Common European Framework of Reference for Languages|The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages]].
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'''Grammar Explorer''' surpasses the descriptive, form-focused grammars currently available, because it treats learners as active meaning-makers and puts them firmly in control of their learning experience. Within the structure of the grammar, learners are able to enter into a non-linear process of negotiation with grammatical material that requires and encourages the use of basic cognitive and meta-cognitive strategies such as inferencing, grouping and recombination.<ref>O’Malley, J. and A. Chamot (1990). Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</ref> It is through this process of exploration and negotiation that the learners acquire the type of functional grammatical competence that is essential for the successful acquisition of pragmatic competence and for the development of [[cognitive]] and [[metacognitive]] skills.
Information technologies and the [[hypertext]] principle underlying the World Wide Web/relational databases are ideally suited to support a constructivist approach to grammar acquisition.<ref>Noblitt, J. (1989). ‘Technology and Language Learning’. Academic Computing, October. p.56.</ref> The hypertext principle enables the learner to navigate flexibly in a multi-dimensional learning space in which grammar points and exercises are relevantly interlinked. Interlinking and cross-referencing of grammar points, exercises and accompanying meta-language will not only help structure and enhance the learner’s acquisition process, but also foster depth of processing which is important for retention and sustainable learning to take place. Furthermore, the layout and graphics of '''Grammar Explorer''' are pedagogically tailored with a view to supporting autonomous learning; among the main features are colour coding of lexis and central concepts as well as horizontal and vertical structuring of material.
'''Grammar Explorer''' can be embedded in a wide range of [[e-learning]] or [[blended learning]] environments and scenarios providing great flexibility for teacher-supported or self-paced language learning.
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