Abstract

Teaching the English language to EFL learners has been a topic of interest for researchers in order to determine the convenient approach in teaching language skills. Many researchers studied a variety of grammar teaching approaches such as explicit and implicit approaches. Thus, this study intends to investigate the impact of grammar explicit teaching on EFL learners’ writing competencies and performances in grammar tests. The research was conducted in one of the UAE colleges. The participants were two teachers and 20 students in level 3 from the Foundations programme. The methodology used in conducting this research was a qualitative method. A variety of instruments were used in collecting data. The main result of the research shows that explicit teaching of grammar has different impacts on EFL learners’ competencies and performance.

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