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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"English grammar"”.
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Handbook of Middle English Grammar: Phonology
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Teaching English grammar communicatively in an Indonesian University
… of problems experienced in teaching and learning English in Indonesia and investigate how these can be addressed. Nababan (1976: 3) suggests that the unsatisfactory achievement of ELT [English language teaching] in higher education mainly results from unclear objectives in the syllabuses of ELT, a …
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English grammar as a stratified system of signs
… indirectly. The signs which constitute a core grammar of English are formalized and set forth. This formalization, the major goal of the dissertation, is not simply a description of texts, however. Rather, it is an attempt to construct a cognitive model which accounts for those texts. Two …
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The Place of English Grammar in the Modern Curriculum
… the scope, necessity, and use of formal grammar in the schools than of any subject that makes up the present day curriculum. Views are as contradictory as the antipodes, while methods are legion. Some have stressed the theory; others entirely disregarding this, have concentrated their …
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DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN LIBYAN UNIVERSITIES
This study explored the difficulties of English language grammar faced by Libyan university students in learning grammar as well as problems that teachers of grammar found when teaching grammar. It was conducted in Tripoli University, Zawia University and other Vocational Higher Educational …
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A Study into Teaching English Grammar with Reference to Tripoli University
… teachers and learners’ beliefs about teaching English grammar at Tripoli University. It explored the role of grammar in this context and the optimal method or approach of teaching grammar in such a context. The present investigation aimed at identifying the causes behind the learners’ …
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“I know but I can’t explain.” The role of knowledge about English grammar in second language teacher education.
… (Bloor 1986 p.159) with knowledge about grammar (KAG), further studies have resulted in similar conclusions. However, KAG is essential for teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). Despite this, due to English being the Lingua Franca of the world today (Crystal 2003), and …
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Influence of teacher cognition in the teaching and testing of english grammar in selected secondary schools of Luanshya district, Zambia
… teaching even in the teaching and testing of grammar. Therefore, this study sought to examine how teacher cognition influenced how English language teachers understood, taught and tested English grammar in selected secondary schools of Luanshya District. The objectives were to; establish …
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Influence of teacher cognition in the teaching and testing of english grammar in selected secondary schools of Luanshya district, Zambia
… teaching even in the teaching and testing of grammar. Therefore, this study sought to examine how teacher cognition influenced how English language teachers understood, taught and tested English grammar in selected secondary schools of Luanshya District. The objectives were to; establish …
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Language Teacher Cognition on English Grammar Assessment: Investigating EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices regarding Classroom-based Assessment in Public Higher-Educational Institutions in Saudi Arabia
This thesis investigates teachers’ beliefs about English grammar assessment (EGA) and how these are linked to their professional practices when writing their grammar exams in their educational contexts, in higher educational facilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The central focus of this study is …
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Grammar matters? Teaching Irish as a second language in Ireland
… primary teachers’ perspectives on the role of English grammar in second language teaching in the Irish context where English is the medium of instruction. A mixed methods approach was employed to investigate whether having a sound knowledge of English grammar might facilitate the teaching of …
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Classroom practices being employed by teachers of english to teach grammar in grade 11: a case of Chongwe district, Zambia.
… competence in the teaching and learning of English grammar in Zambian public secondary schools. This study was informed by the Social Constructivism research paradigm. In addition, descriptive research design was employed. The population for this study included all the public secondary …
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Classroom practices being employed by teachers of english to teach grammar in grade 11: a case of Chongwe district, Zambia.
… competence in the teaching and learning of English grammar in Zambian public secondary schools. This study was informed by the Social Constructivism research paradigm. In addition, descriptive research design was employed. The population for this study included all the public secondary …
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Topic-comment constructions in the acquisition of Chinese as a second/foreign language
… Mandarin Chinese 'topic' constructions by adult English speakers in a formal classroom setting. The focal point of investigation is the effect the subject-prominence of English grammar has on the learning of Chinese topic constructions. All five types of topic are in the surface structural form …
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES ON TAIWANESE UNDERGRADUATES' EFL GRAMMAR ACHIEVEMENT
… development of L2 grammatical competence in two English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes at a Taiwanese university. The study was grounded in four bodies of knowledge: (a) the Input-Interaction-Output (IIO) model (Block, 2003); (b) the sociocultural/activity theory (Lantolf, 2000); (c) current …
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What place has grammar in the English curriculum? An analysis of ninety years’ policy debate: 1921 to 2011.
… governments have commissioned enquiries into English and literacy teaching, leading towards published recommendations and requirements for English grammar teaching. Governments’ officially sanctioned publications represent their policy aspirations for English and literacy. Research studies …
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Scholarly figures and the conventions of mockery on the early modern English stage
… and Sharpham; Ciceronian texts in the English grammar school curriculum, especially the de Officiis; and works by Erasmus and Bacon that bookend the period under consideration. My research challenges a prominent explanation, advanced by Lynn Enterline, for the dramatic characterization …
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"Do you talk English?": A collocational analysis of "to speak" and "to talk"
Some English as a Second Language (ESL) learners progress quite far in their skill with English grammar and vocabulary, yet they still lack the ability to communicate fluently in English. One of the keys to unlocking this mystery may lie in collocations, words which have a strong tendency to co …
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