Class Of Grammars Research Articles

Grammatical Skills Development of Bangladeshi Students through Task-Based Language Teaching

The research aims at exploring whether the implementation of Task-Based Language Teaching can improve students’ grammatical skills and will furthermore investigate its feasibility as a teaching approach. A first year class of English Department at Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST) was used and an action research was carried out. Hence, the study targets to use Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) in the communicative grammar learning environment using various meaningful reading tasks. The research problem in this research is the poor scores of students’ grammatical mastery observed in the pre-test. The research paper is based on the use of simple present tense. The focus of this study is the use of TBLT which is believed to guide students to experience communicative grammar learning with various meaningful and pragmatic tasks in the grammar class. The research findings revealed improvement of grammar skill for the students that have at least an initial level of grammatical competence, but no difference was detected for the students of no grammar competence, indicating the need for further investigation. Therefore, this research expects to improve not only students’ grammatical mastery but also the need for better classroom condition and overall skill development.

Effects of Communicative Language Teaching in Grammar Class

Effects of Communicative Language Teaching in Grammar Class

The Portrait of Creativity in Using Posters as an Interesting Learning Medium in Grammar Classes: A Narrative Inquiry Study on EFL Teachers

Teacher creativity supported by the use of technology can be achieved by making posters as a Grammar learning medium that can provide significant benefits to students’ success in learning English. This study aimed to reveal the teachers’ perceptions and experiences in fostering creativity through making posters as a Grammar learning medium. This research used a qualitative approach with a 'narrative inquiry' design. The subjects of this study consisted of three teachers from an English learning institution in Malang, Indonesia. This study used depth interviews as an instrument. The results of this study showed that the teachers’ activity through making posters as a learning medium for 'Grammar' grew through three elements consisting of flexibility, originality, and curiosity. The use of posters could also increase productivity and foster technological literacy for teachers. Meanwhile, posters were also able to increase students’ Grammar understanding and learning motivation better. In short, posters had a great positive impact in creating an interesting and fun learning environment. Thus, it is expected that teachers have the ability to make posters as a medium for learning English.

EXPLORING THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF RURAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN PRE-INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR COURSE

In order to assist lecturers in customising their teaching strategies and course materials for pre-intermediate grammar students living in rural locations, this study focuses on doing pre-lecture needs analysis. Using a quantitative method, 24 students enrolled in Universitas Sulawesi Barat's English Language Education programme for the academic year 2023–2024 were given closed-ended questions via a WhatsApp group. To find patterns in the gathered data, statistical analysis and purposeful sampling were applied. The results shed light on a variety of student characteristics, including age, mother tongue distribution, performance in the basic grammar course, ability to build simple English sentences, mastery of verb tense formulas, lexical proficiency, preferences for learning and assignments, and skill targets. The study draws attention to a variety of factors, including student skill objectives, favourite activities, assignment preferences, performance gaps, and vocabulary problems. Teachers and policymakers can improve the quality of English language instruction, particularly in grammar classes, and establish a supportive learning environment for students in Indonesia's rural areas by acknowledging and addressing the issues and preferences that have been identified. Furthermore, teachers around the world can use the needs analysis tool, the WhatsApp polling technique, and the pre-lecture activities as a source of inspiration and guidance to deliver engaging, balanced, and professional lectures that are customised to the needs of their students and meet graduate competency standards.

INTERACTIVE PATHWAYS: EXPLORING STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE OF USING NEARPOD FOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR PROFICIENCY

Lately, technology-enhanced learning tools, such as Nearpod, demonstrate the efficacy of integrating learning, particularly in an English grammar class. This study aims to investigate students' reactions to technology used for teaching grammar, precisely the acceptance of using Nearpod for grammar class. This study employed a mixed-method design with questionnaire and in-depth interview. The questionnaire used in this study was based on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in a Likert scale. Thirty-eight undergraduate students were selected purposefully from Informatics Engineering Department who enrolled in Grammar class. The findings revealed a highly positive perception of Nearpod's utility for grammar instruction, confirming on students’ acceptance and highlighting its benefits for enhancing language skills, especially in grammar. Students agreed that Nearpod was beneficial to help understand and practice the language. The findings demonstrate that Nearpod is an effective tool for enhancing grammar instruction and suggest its implications for language educators and curriculum designers. This study contributes to our understanding of the role of technology in fostering integrative learning in grammar classes and highlights the need for further research in this area.

The Challenges of Changing Active to Passive Voice Towards the Third Grade Students of Muhammadiyah Tangerang University

Grammar seems to be an unavoidable challenge for most learners, especially when it comes to acquiring Active to Passive Voice. Active sentences are sentence patterns where the subject does work, and passive sentences are sentence patterns where the subject accepts work. This is a difficult time for English Education students at Muhammadiyah University, Tangerang. The purpose of this research is to find out students' challenges in learning Active to Passive Voice and how they deal with these problems. The selected participants were 12 students from the Intermediate English Grammar Class of 2022. The research method used was qualitative. Data collection was carried out through tests and interviews. The data shows that students have three major difficulties in changing Active to Passive Voice such as placing subjects and objects, using auxiliary verbs, and determining past participles. In addition, two strategies are used by students to overcome learning obstacles. Through understanding formulas to help them master active and passive learning and doing a lot of active and passive exercises to help them better understand the active and passive material.

Teaching Design and Analysis of the Guided Discovery Method in English Grammar Class in Senior Middle School

English grammar teaching has always been a crucial part of senior middle school English teaching. However, the teaching method in traditional grammar class is relatively single, and the cramming teaching method overemphasizes the teacher-centered teaching mode and ignores the importance of students as the main body of learning in the teaching process of the grammar class, thus resulting in students’ lack of interest in grammar learning and low classroom participation. This teaching design selects Unit 1 from FLTRP senior English Book 2 as the design object, and aims to use the guided discovery method to explore its application and related teaching plan designs in English grammar class. In the end the author makes specific self-evaluation and teaching reflection, hoping to provide certain reference value for English grammar teaching in senior middle school.

The Feasibility of Problem-based Learning (PBL) in Junior High School English Teaching—A Case Study of Seventh Grade English Grammar Class

This study explores the application of Problem-based Learning (hereinafter referred to as PBL) in junior high school English grammar teaching. Currently, English teaching in junior high schools in China is undergoing reform, emphasizing that English education should not only serve as a communication tool but also focus on cultivating students' core literacy. Originating in medical education, the PBL model has expanded to language teaching, highlighting student-centered, cooperative inquiry, and problem-solving. Through empirical case analysis, this study examines the effectiveness of PBL in enhancing students’ language skills, cultural awareness, thinking quality, and learning capabilities. The study finds that the PBL model can stimulate students’ interest, promote active learning, and critical thinking, but it also sets higher requirements for teacher quality and the teaching environment. The conclusion indicates that the PBL model is in line with the cultivation of English subject core literacy, which is beneficial for the comprehensive development of students and provides an effective way for holistic education.

Correlation between end-weight principle and adjective clauses in English: Q1 SCOPUS applied linguistics articles and Thai EFL learners’ essays

The researcher in this study applied the notions of quantitative method, theoretical linguistics and applied linguistics to examine the correlation between the linguistic theory of end-weight principle and English adjective clauses in Q1-SCOPUS applied linguistics articles and Thai EFL learners’ descriptive essays. The significance of this study is that structure and use in writing should be learned simultaneously. This current study also innovatively supports Thai EFL learners to examine their linguistic competence in structuring information in their English writing. The data collection in this study was divided into two datasets. The first dataset was 20 Q1-SCOPUS applied linguistics articles published between 2022 and 2024. Approximately 200,000 words provided 117 sentences containing adjective clauses in the final position or VP-postmodifiers. On the other hand, the second dataset was 67 descriptive essays written by Thai EFL high-school learners from both public schools and private schools under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Thailand. The original theory of the end-weight principle proposed by Quirk et al. (1972) is followed in this study. The syntactic structure of adjective clauses follows Radford (2009) who analyzed adjective clauses as complementizer phrases (CP). The inferential statistical analysis of correlation follows SPSS 29. The results showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between the datasets of applied linguistics articles and EFL learners’ descriptive essays where the p-values were reported at 0.01 and 0.02, respectively. Not only do these statistical relationships show that English is an end-weight language, but also Thai EFL learners can follow the norm accurately. This is due to the positive effect of the mother tongue interference since the Thai language is an end-weight language. The pedagogical implication of the study to EFL learners is that information structures should be contributed to grammar classes. For future studies, it is recommended to test the hypothesis of the end-weight principle with reduced adjective clauses in the medial position of sentences.

A phenomenological insight into the use of pandemic pedagogy in the primary English Language Arts Grammar class

The Covid-19 Pandemic led to online teaching at all levels of education in Trinidad and Tobago. The teaching of all subject areas, including Grammar, had to be adjusted to suit this new educational paradigm. This study seeks to examine the pedagogical approaches to the teaching of Grammar at the primary level in Trinidad and Tobago during the Covid-19 period. The study utilized a hermeneutic phenomenological approach wherein the teachers were given an open-ended questionnaire covering aspects of teaching strategies employed during this pandemic. The findings reveal that while online teaching allowed for diverse teaching strategies, students’ over reliance on the grammatical tools made it challenging for teacher to determine whether they really grasped the concept.

Game On! The Effectiveness of Gamified Approaches in Thai Higher Education

Despite the growing interest in the use of gamification applications in English language teaching and learning, research on the effectiveness of gamified grammar learning compared to conventional methods and its impact on students’ learning enjoyment in the Thai higher education context remains limited. This study employed a quasi-experimental research design and a sequential mixed-methods explanatory design to investigate the learning outcomes and factors that contribute to students’ learning enjoyment in a gamified English grammar class. The study involved 52 first-year Liberal Arts and Management students aged 18–20 with A1–A2 CEFR levels. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon tests, while the qualitative data were examined through thematic analysis. The results showed that gamified grammar learning (Z = 4.32, p < 0.001) is more effective than traditional learning approaches (Z = 4.49, p < 0.001), leading to better learning outcomes, and five themes that contributed to the students’ learning enjoyment in a gamified English grammar class were identified. The findings suggest that integrating gamification into English grammar classes could provide an engaging and motivating learning environment that enhances learning outcomes. Future research could expand on these findings by investigating other outcomes and comparing the effectiveness of different gamification applications.

Difficulties of Mastering Causative Verbs Attained By the 3rd Semester Students at University of Muhammadiyah Tangerang

The study is aim at analysing students’ problems when learning causative verbs in Advanced English Grammar Class. The participants come from the third semesters students. Ten students are chosen as a sampling. The qualitative study is chosen to gather the data related to the students’ problems in comprehending causative verbs. The researcher used an interview as a data collection. The questions are about problems, the causes of the problems, the strategies of overcoming their problems, the most difficult part of causative verbs and their perception on causative verbs. The findings show that most of them get confused at the beginning when they were not in a good concentration. Get is the most difficult form of causative verbs. Their perception about causative verbs was quite good to learn since they had big effort to comprehend it. Sometimes, they preferred to ask their friends to reexplain about the materials. However, less of them were preferred to ask the lecturer as their learning strategy.

Application of Kahoot as an online assessment tool to foster student’s engagement: Student’s experiences and voices

The advancement of technology has an impact on numerous aspects, including assessment. Students tend to feel bored, nervous, and anxious while doing the test. Consequently, the educators are required to create a meaningful atmosphere in the classroom. Kahoot can be used as an alternative assessment tool. The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about the students’ voices and experiences with the use of Kahoot as an assessment tool in their English grammar class at the end of each of the fourteen meetings. This research was conducted at a private university in Riau with seventy-five participants in the English language education study program. This research was descriptive-qualitative by applying a questionnaire and interview. The findings show that most of the respondents are giving positive responses to using Kahoot as an assessment tool. The result of the research revealed that Kahoot is more preferred by the students than a paper-based test, which offers challenges, an interactive interface, sound, and music, helps students focus on the subject, and increases their interest and motivation. Meanwhile, the researcher found that the weaknesses of Kahoot are the time limit given and the unstable internet connection. Overall, the researcher suggests employing Kahoot as an assessment tool to boost students’ engagement.

MOTIVATING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEARN GRAMMAR THROUGH GAME-BASED STUDENTS RESPONSE SYSTEMS (GSRS) APPLICATION : STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION IN INDONESIA

The present study aimed to perceive students’ perception in learning grammar through GSRS in secondary schooling context in Indonesia. GSRS can help the students to boost their engagement and motivation. Qualitative case study was used as research design. 12 students participated in this study. They were selected by using purposive random sampling. Questionnaire and interview were used to collect the data regarding students’ perception in using Kahoot application. The questionnaire comprises 20 questions and the interview consists of 9 questions. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively. The findings of the study showed that the students’ responses toward Kahoot! Application use in learning grammar were positive. The students felt enjoyable during the class (75%) and they were motivated to learn tenses or grammatical point (58,3%). Another finding found is Kahoot! could reduce the boredom of learning process in grammar class (58,3%). While Kahoot! Application provided positive impact on students’ motivation in learning grammar, the sudentts also experienced challenges in learning grammar during the class such as unstable network and limited time to response the questions. The study empirically shows that students’ perception toward Kahoot! application in learning grammar is positive. It can encourage secondary school students to learn grammar more enjoyable.

A study of integrating discourse-context information into Spanish aspect grammatical teaching for Sinophone learners

This work explores and evaluates the effect of teaching the Spanish past tense aspect (indefinite preterit and imperfective preterit) to Chinese learners in a discourse context compared with the traditional teaching of grammar. We postulate that this teaching methodology—which integrates the content of traditional grammar programs with implicit and explicit instruction on how to interpret discourse-contextual information—will be more effective for Spanish L2 learning in the Chinese university context. In order to test the effect, we conducted a study with two groups of students under two different conditions. The experimental group contained 18 subjects, and the control group, which was taught in a traditional grammar program, contained 17 subjects. Using a teaching experiment that involved three online video-based grammar classes and the gathering of students’ data from pre- and post-tests consisting of comprehension task and multiple-choice tasks, we observed that the instruction of how to interpret aspectual information in a discourse context improved the learners’ ability to analyse and comprehend the target grammar point. However, the learners did not show more accuracy in their use of stative verbs in the post-test than that in the pre-test. FUNDING INFORMATION. This research was funded by National Social Science Foundation of China (20CYY001).

BENEFITS AND ATTITUDES OF INDONESIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS EXTENSIVE READING ACTIVITIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMAR

In learning a second or foreign language, students commonly read for pleasure, which is called extensive reading (ER). Extensive reading is commonly related to increasing vocabulary knowledge and reading skills; however, extensive reading can also expand learners’ grammatical knowledge Based on the study of Khansir and Dehghani (2015), it was found that ER has improved their Iranian participants’ English grammar (as stated in Ng, Renandya, Chong, 2019, p. 180-181). Referring to the positive outcome of their study, this study aims to investigate Indonesian university students’ perceptions of the benefits of ER activities on their English grammar knowledge and also their attitudes after experiencing ER activities in Grammar class. The research participants were 30 Indonesian university students who attended Grammar classes at a private university in West Java. The instruments used were an online questionnaire which was distributed at the end of the semester and the students’ weekly ER log. The questionnaire result was counted manually before they were classified into certain categories, whereas content analysis was used to select and analyze the data from the learning log. The findings show both positive and negative outcomes regarding the students’ grammar knowledge and attitudes.

Difficulties In Learning Noun Clauses by Students in Intermediate English Grammar Classroom

Grammar appears to be unavoidably challenging for most L2 learners, particularly when it comes to acquiring noun clause. A noun clause is a dependent phrase that functions similarly to a noun. It has been a difficult area for EFL university students at Muhammadiyah University of Tangerang. The purpose of this study was to discover the students' challenges in learning noun clauses and how they dealt with their issues. The chosen participants were 25 students from the Intermediate Grammar Class in 2022. The method of the research was qualitative. The data was collected through doing interview. The data revealed that students had three major difficulties interpreting noun clauses. Recognizing functions, creating noun clauses, and identifying the subject and verb of a noun phrase were all tough. In addition, three strategies were employed by students to overcome learning barriers. They were going through materials, asking peers, looking for information, and exercising on the Internet.

EFL Students’ Perceptions on Flipped Learning in an English Grammar Class

The objective of this research was to investigate EFL students’ perceptions on the implementation of flipped learning. Employing a concurrent mixed method of data gathering techniques, this research was conducted in an English Literature Study Program of a private university in Padang, West Sumatera Province. The participants were fourth-semester students in an intermediate English grammar who were encouraged to actively participate in the class. The flipped instruction was implemented in four meetings. At the end of the sessions, a Google form questionnaire was handed out. Quantitative and qualitative data analysis found out that most students expressed positive perceptions on flipped learning, as indicated by its efficacy to facilitate preparation for offline sessions, making them more active, and completing grammar exercises better. Overall, flipped learning was acknowledged to be effective for English grammar in this study, despite few suggestions for the lecturers to assist them understanding material better.

Learning Strategy of Successful Students in An Online Intermediate Grammar Class

This study aims to investigate the learning strategies of successful students in an online intermediate grammar class. The research participants were all English as Foreign Language (EFL) students, batches 2019 and 2020, 2021, who got an A or AB in intermediate grammar class at the English Language Education Program (ELEP), Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana (UKSW). Open-ended questionnaires and interviews were used as the instruments to collect the data. In the questionnaire, 49 participants were asked to respond to several statements. At the same time, in the interview process, the researcher involved 6 participants to clarify their responses to the questionnaire. The data analysis revealed three grammar learning strategies that could make students successful in their grammar class: (1) determining difficult grammatical structures and trying to learn the difficulty; (2) paying attention to grammatical structures when translating sentences; and (3) taking notes when the teacher explains a new grammatical structure.

ELICITING LEARNERS’ MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN ONLINE LEARNING: VOICES FROM GRAMMAR CLASS

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected educational institutions forcing them to switch from an offline to an online learning model. Since it is difficult for Indonesian students to adapt their learning methods, this circumstance has affected classroom life in various ways. This circumstance has also impacted the learners' motivation and involvement in learning. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to examine how learners' online learning experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic were perceived from the perspectives of their learning motivation and participation in grammar lessons, as these two factors significantly impact learners' success in their academic endeavors. The study employed a purposive sampling with 20 English education students who participated in grammar classes at a public university in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia. Data were collected using open questionnaires. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data from the opened questionnaires. The thematic analysis revealed that learners encountered numerous difficulties and hindrances when learning grammar online, which affected their motivation and engagement. This result contributes for practitioners to find out the appropriate teaching strategies for online learning, especially in grammar classrooms.