The Effectiveness of Graphic Organizer Strategy to Improve Grammatical Knowledge Among the 1st Intermediate Students of Al-Imam Abdulaziz Bin Mohammad School

Mohammed Haydar Alsuhaymi Mohammed Haydar Alsuhaymi

doi:10.26389/ajsrp.m311218

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using Graphic Organizer strategy to improve grammatical knowledge for 1st intermediate students at Al-Imam Abdulaziz bin Mohammad School. Forty students from two classes participated in this study. Each class consists of 20 students. Students belonging to class A who represent the control group were taught using grammer translation way while those belonging to class B who represent the Quasi- experimental group were taught by using Graphic Organizer Strategy. Pre and post test were distributed to the Quise- experimental group and control group. The results of this study indicated that using Graphic Organizer strategy in teaching grammar improved students' proficiency in learning English grammar. As a result, the researcher suggests to apply the graphic organizer strategy on others stages such as secondary in order to investigate further results. The researcher also advises to generalize the using of graphic organizer to include others' skills such as vocabulary.

Highlights

Grammar plays an important role in teaching and learning a foreign language
Many teachers agree that teaching grammar is the main factor to help the students to acquire the foreign languages but the matter lies in the way of teaching grammar
The subjects of the experimental group were taught by using Graphic Organizer strategy while the subjects of the control group were taught by using grammer translation method

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Introduction

Grammar plays an important role in teaching and learning a foreign language. Wang (2010) sees that the proficiency of language depends on learning its grammar (p.78). Many teachers agree that teaching grammar is the main factor to help the students to acquire the foreign languages but the matter lies in the way of teaching grammar. Communication with native speakers is one of the main goals of teaching English in Saudi Arabia. We have to try new strategies that achieve this goal effectively. One of the main strategy in education is Graphic Organizer strategy. Wikipedia (2014) defines a graphic organizer as "a communication tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas, and the relationships between them"

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