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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"grammar teaching"”.
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The relationship between teacher education, teacher cognition and classroom practice in language teaching: a case study of MA students beliefs about grammar teaching
This study examines the development of the grammar teaching beliefs and practices of three practising teachers of English in Turkey taking an MA course. Teachers were interviewed and observed over a 20-month period; the observations shed light on how they taught grammar, while the interviews …
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What place has grammar in the English curriculum? An analysis of ninety years’ policy debate: 1921 to 2011.
… 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 have explored the …
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THE DICTOGLOSS PROCEDURE AS A VEHICLE OF GRAMMATICAL CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING : A CASE STUDY
… can be drawn on the use of this procedure teaching in adults. Furthermore a deeper insight into the Dictogloss as a grammar-teaching tool could be obtained. This is done through the transcription and description of learners' recurrent features in their utterances as a result of their …
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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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Aplikace prvků dramatické výchovy ve výuce gramatiky v hodinách češtiny pro cizince
… thesis deals with the use of dramapedagogy in grammar teaching in Czech for foreigners. The issue is explored through a pilot study focusing on the instruction of past tense in a university course in Germany. For the purpose of the study, the drama grammar method, which combines explicit …
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A Study into Teaching English Grammar with Reference to Tripoli University
… examined 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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Teacher language awareness in a Swedish bilingual school for the deaf: Two portraits of grammar knowledge in practice
… between teachers' language knowledge and their grammar teaching practices within the context of a bilingual school for the deaf in Sweden, a country that has demonstrated success in educating deaf children bilingually in written Swedish and Sweden's signed language. The study's participants were …
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The effect of direct, in-class grammar instruction on the quality of student writing
… as in an online environment and received direct grammar instruction in every class session, with a comparable group of extended studies students who took the same freshman English course but met only in an online environment, and so did not receive direct classroom instruction in grammar. The …
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DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN LIBYAN UNIVERSITIES
… 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 Institutions. …
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It's just a word : CALL, French verbs and mixed-ability pupils
… thesis then proposes an explicit grammar-teaching approach based on principles of pedagogical grammar. Current Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) approaches to verb teaching offer admirable formal practice for able pupils but do not cater for the difficulties experienced by …
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How grammar matters in NNS academic writing: the relationship between verb tense and aspect usage patterns and L2 writing proficiency in academic discourse
Grammar teaching in ESL/EFL classes has been controversial as it tackles various issues such as the necessity, scope, contents, and methods of teaching grammar. This thesis addresses the significance of teaching grammar in ESL/EFL academic writing courses by restating the question of “whether or …
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Joseph Priestley and the French Connection: A Study in Eighteenth-Century Grammaticography.
… of Joseph Priestley’s Rudiments of English Grammar between 1761 and 1769. The later editions of Priestley’s grammar have long attracted the interest of historians of linguistic thought for their innovative features, in particular the large appendix of ‘Notes and Observations’ on usage. …
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The linguistic obstacles to language teaching and learning in a bilingual classroom
… and sociolinguistic aspects when engaged in teaching and learning. This study draws on research findings from a mixed-research approach through the use of both language teachers and language learners as participants in this study. The findings of this study are drawn from both the teachers’ …
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Theory and practice of teaching composition in Syrian universities
… is an urgent need to reform current methods of teaching English composition to Syrian university students. It shows how current teaching methods relating to writing skills in English, especially methods seeking to develop strategies for organising information beyond the sentence level, are …
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Discourse-level instruction on the acquisition of English present perfect in academic writing
… the efficacy of discourse-based, contextualized grammar instruction for learning the appropriate usage of different tense forms in a research paper.
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Influence of teacher cognition in the teaching and testing of english grammar in selected secondary schools of Luanshya district, Zambia
… cognitive processes are important in the teaching process. The actual realization of the curriculum is dependent on teachers’ understandings, beliefs and experiences about language teaching even in the teaching and testing of grammar. Therefore, this study sought to examine how teacher …
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Influence of teacher cognition in the teaching and testing of english grammar in selected secondary schools of Luanshya district, Zambia
… cognitive processes are important in the teaching process. The actual realization of the curriculum is dependent on teachers’ understandings, beliefs and experiences about language teaching even in the teaching and testing of grammar. Therefore, this study sought to examine how teacher …