scholarly journals TEACHING GRAMMAR IN SECONDARY SCHOOL: ALTERNATIVE TO DEFINITION APPROACH

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Teaching Grammar ◽  
Grammatical Structures

This paper examines the teaching of grammar in relation to Nigerian classroom. The paper examines the controversy of whether or not to teach grammar to students learning a second language pointing out the arguments advanced by those in favour and against it. Two approaches to the teaching of grammar - explicit and implicit - were equally discussed highlighting arguments for and against each. The paper finally gives support to an integrative approach to grammar teaching and recommends the same for use in teaching grammatical structures in Nigerian schools.

INPUT-BASED APPROACHES TO TEACHING GRAMMAR: A REVIEW OF CLASSROOM-ORIENTED RESEARCH

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 64-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rod Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Substantial Body ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Teaching Grammar ◽  
Oriented Research

There is now a substantial body of research that has investigated the role of form-focused instruction in assisting learners to learn the grammar of a second language (L2). Recent comprehensive surveys of this research have been provided by N. Ellis (1995), R. Ellis (1990; 1994; 1997), Larsen-Freeman and Long (1991), Long (1988), Spada (1997), and Williams (1995a). However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to draw clear conclusions given the sheer amount of research now available, the problems of comparing results across studies, and the interactivity of the variables involved. Spada, for example, identifies seven questions that the research has addressed but acknowledges that “we do not yet have clear answers to any of these questions” (p. 74). One way of achieving a clearer understanding of how form-focused instruction contributes to acquisition might be to examine in detail studies that have investigated the effect of specific instructional options. This article will follow such an approach by examining one particular option–input–based grammar teaching.

scholarly journals Teaching Grammar: Degrees of Adjective Comparisons in Secondary School of Indonesian Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Muflihun Muflihun
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teaching Grammar

This article explores the teaching grammar in secondary school in Indonesian context, the writer noticed that most of the students were struggling to clearly understand and unable to use comparison of adjective. Therefore, the writer would clearly explain those problems supported by research findings from previous studies. There are several activities to be used in teaching grammar, which surely could also be adapted to teaching adjective comparisons. However, in this essay, the writer would only address two common activities; namely grammar games and discovering grammar. It can be concluded that teaching grammar to some extent would not be complicated if it is delivered though appropriate teaching methods and deeply understand students’ problems. Numerous engaging activities to teach grammar is available and this would shift our common paradigm of seeing learning and teaching grammar as a passive and ‘old’ fashioned thing to more communicative grammar teaching and learning.

Gamification in English as Second Language Learning in Secondary Education Aged Between 11-18

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
English As Second Language

Since gamification has strengthened its place in education over the years, it is frequently preferred in English as a Second Language Learning. This study aims to investigate the literature on the effects of gamification on students’ English learning as a second language and the tendency of students to use games to learn English as a second language. This review contains a systematic review of published articles about gamification in English as a Second Language Learning for learners aged between 11-18 from 2013 to 2020. The study was designed according to the specifications of the PRISMA 2009 Checklist. A combination of words related to gamification, game-based learning, English as a Second Language, and secondary school was included as a search strategy. After selection, ten research articles written in English were reviewed. Their results indicated that the games enhance the fun, raise students’ motivation, and boost their participation while helping their autonomous learning. This review includes suggestions to support planning game-based English lessons.

scholarly journals COHORT-BASED GRAMMAR TEACHING MODEL DEVELOPMENT IN STRUCTURE SECTION OF TOEFL AT SEKOLAH TINGGI ILMU MANAJEMEN SUKMA MEDAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidayat Hidayat ◽  
Busmin Gurning ◽  
Rahmad Husein
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Multiple Choice Question ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
High Result ◽  
Teaching Grammar

This research makes use of Research and Development method in which a teaching model is developed to teaching grammar in the form of multiple-choice questions. It is Cohort-based Grammar Teaching Model that is developed. In the development of this teaching model, fifty students took part in. The research was conducted at Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Manajemen Sukma Medan on jalan Sakti Lubis no. 80. To figure out what teaching model which the students need, questionaire was disseminated. In analyzing the available data from the instrument, questionaire inspired by Guttman Scale was made with numerous modifications in statements and questions.The analysis reveals that the participants require an intersting and fun grammar teaching model; easy to understand and more efective; quick problem-solving, time-saving  and target-oriented.  Due to this reason, eventually, Cohort-based Grammar Teaching Model is not mediocrewhere it is capable of alternating grammar problem for multiple-choice question in structure part of the TOEFL in a relative instant high result way.Keywords: Research and Development, Teaching Grammar, Multiple-choice question, Cohort     

scholarly journals A Mind Mapping : A Strategy to Enhance Students’ English Grammatical Structure

Al-Lisan ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-229
Author(s):  
Furqon Edi Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
English Education ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
Direct Reactions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Teaching Grammar

The goal of this review was to study about the implementation of Mind Mapping in teaching grammar in the second semester of students of the Department of English Education at IAIN Surakarta. Observation and documentation were the instruments for collecting the data. These instruments were used to collect data on the Mind Mapping process in grammar teaching, problems and solutions. The data analysis technique started with data reduction, data display and verification. First, the findings revealed that the implementation of Mind Mapping in teaching grammar was only used to provide an overview of the material. It was developed by elaborating, questioning, and responding techniques or methods for transferring the material. Mind Mapping made the students active in giving feedback and become a measure in assessing  how far the students understood the material during the teaching-learning process, the students were very eager to analyze the material using Mind Mapping. It could be seen from their direct reactions during the teaching-learning process and observed the work of the student in the classroom. Second, there are some advantages to using mind mapping in grammar teaching. They were; (1) giving students an overview of the concept of grammar material; (2) making grammar easier to understand; and (3) helping students to easily memorize the concept of English grammatical structure.

scholarly journals La terminologia per il CLIL in lingua straniera e in italiano L2

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
Silvia Gilardoni
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Second Language Teaching ◽  
Italian Context

In this paper we examine the treatment of terminology in CLIL context (Content and language integrated learning), through the analysis of a corpus of subject textbooks in a foreign language and in Italian as a second language. After introducing the CLIL methodology and its application in the field of foreign language and Italian as a second language teaching as regards the Italian context, we consider the role of terminology in CLIL environment. Then we present the results of the analysis of the corpus, which consists of CLIL textbooks in English for the secondary school and of subject textbooks in Italian as a second language for non-native speakers of secondary school and adult migrants who need the qualification of Italian secondary school. The analysis of the treatment of terminology in the corpus allows to outline methodological suggestions to integrate the terminological approach into teaching practice in different CLIL contexts.

scholarly journals Review of Early instructed second language acquisition: Pathways to competence; Editors: Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow, Melanie Ellis; Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2019; ISBN: 9781788922494; Pages: 257

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-744
Author(s):  
Paweł Scheffler
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Instructed Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Teaching Grammar

In a large scale survey of teachers’ perceptions of the challenges they face in teaching English to young primary school learners (Copland, Garton, & Burns, 2014), some of the key issues that are identified are as follows: teaching speaking, using only English in the classroom, enhancing motivation, maintaining discipline, catering for different individual needs (including special educational needs), dealing with parents, and teaching grammar as well as reading and writing. The relevance of Early Instructed Second Language Acquisition, edited by Rokita-Jaśkow and Ellis, is clearly shown by the fact that it addresses most of these central issues.

Referring In a Second Language

1985 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Andy Bentlage
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Nonnative Speakers ◽  
Referential Communication ◽  
L2 Proficiency ◽  
Identification Task ◽  
School Students ◽  
Proficiency Levels ◽  
Data Analyses

Naming and describing are important aspects of referential communication (RC). In an investigation of RC in a second language (L2), 36 secondary school students, divided into three groups of 12 with different proficiency levels, had to work in pairs on a description/identification task involving twelve nonrepresentative shapes. One task session consisted of six trials which were performed in English. The results of three different data analyses (numbers of words, naming and describing, and referential strategies) showed that RC in L2 differs from RC in L1 in three aspects: nonnative speakers (NNS) need longer references for the shapes; NNS' final references are structurally more complex; NNS with a lower L2 proficiency use their L1 more often than NNS with a higher L2 proficiency.

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