Abstract
The paper discusses authentic materials as a resource for teaching grammar to young learners. Difficulties in foreign-language grammar learning for Russian pupils are presented, and typical challenges are described. The paper provides a pre-/post-intervention study of the development of children’s grammar skills. The research question is, “How does one use authentic materials for teaching grammar in an English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom?” A qualitative method is used to assess the learning outcomes of using authentic materials in teaching grammar to eight–nine-year-old pupils (the second year of studying English).
Highlights
Young learners of English as a foreign language face a great deal of problems in foreignlanguage grammar learning
For Russian pupils, they are (a) that they lack a language environment and (b) that some grammar categories do not coincide with the Russian language and others do not exist in it
This study has focused on the language potential of authentic materials, teaching grammar to young learners, and learning more about new cultures
Summary
Young learners of English as a foreign language face a great deal of problems in foreignlanguage grammar learning. The paper discusses advantages and disadvantages of using authentic materials in an EFL environment and criteria for linguistic and contextual authenticity in educational texts, and it points out difficulties in selecting authentic materials. The research question is, “How does one use authentic materials for teaching grammar in an English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom?”. The paper starts by informing about the teaching of foreign languages in Russian primary schools It discusses authentic materials in FLT (Foreign Language Teaching), the selection of authentic educational texts, and the use of authentic materials during educational intervention. The paper describes the methodology of research, presents the results of pre/post-intervention, and provides guidelines for using authentic materials in teaching foreignlanguage grammar to young learners
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