SOME IDEAS FOR TEACHING GRAMMAR MORE EFFECTIVELY IN AN EFL CONTEXT

Christopher B. Allen B. Allen (Department of International Graduate Studies, Burapha University, Thailand)

Indonesian JELT
Vol 1, No 2 (2005): Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching Vol. 1 no. 2 October 2005

Most teachers in an EFL context place a great importance ongrammar and see their primary function as reducing their students’grammar errors.  While ignoring the value of this attitude, thisarticle sets out to show how teachers’ view of grammar is limitingand their approach to teaching grammar Keywords: collocations, extensive reading, grammar oforientation, grammar of structure, notice-the-gaps,noticing, pattern grammar, PPP lesson plan,production-practice, scaffolding, task-basedapproach.