TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English
Vol 22, No 1 (2011)

TEACHING GRAMMAR FOR ACTIVE USE: A FRAMEWORK FOR COMPARISON OF THREE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Sasan Baleghizadeh ( Shahid Beheshti University)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Aug 2011

Abstract

Abstract: Teaching grammar in a way that enables students to use grammatical structures correctly in their active use has always been one of the intricate tasks for most practitioners. This study compared the ef­fectiveness of three instructional methods: games, dialogues practiced through role-play, and unfocused tasks for teaching grammar. Forty eight pre-intermediate female students participated in this study. The structures chosen were Conditional Sentence Type 2 and Wish structures for expressing present desires. A posttest was administered to assess the subjects productive knowledge of the grammatical patterns. The results showed that there were no significant differences in the performance of groups. In other words, all three methods were equally effective to boost students grammatical knowledge of the two structures.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

TEFLIN

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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