Students’ reasons for not being able to learn Englishgrammar: Focus on the contextualized grammar course

Zorba M. G., Arıkan A., Caner M.

Akdeniz Language Studies Conference, İzmir, Turkey, 1 - 04 January 2013, vol.70, pp.1847-1851

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 70
  • City: İzmir
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.1847-1851
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Turkish Higher Education Council’s recent changes in the curricula of Faculties of Education mandated Contextualized Grammar I and II courses for English Language Teacher Education Programs in support of preparing teachers to teach in a rather constructivist and communicative language learning environments. This present study aimed at understanding pre-service English language teachers’ previous grammar learning experiences in terms of how grammar was studied/ taught in their classrooms. Secondly, their opinions on the content and delivery of Contextualized Grammar I course in comparison to their previous grammar learning experiences were collected to see the difference between the two ways of delivering knowledge of grammar. Ninety-eight first year students who were taking Contextualized Grammar I course participated in this study with their written responses answering the two research questions mentioned above.

Turkish Higher Education Council’s recent changes in the curricula of Faculties of Education mandated Contextualized Grammar I and II courses for English Language Teacher Education Programs in support of preparing teachers to teach in a rather constructivist and communicative language learning environments. This present study aimed at understanding pre-service English language teachers’ previous grammar learning experiences in terms of how grammar was studied/ taught in their classrooms. Secondly, their opinions on the content and delivery of Contextualized Grammar I course in comparison to their previous grammar learning experiences were collected to see the difference between the two ways of delivering knowledge of grammar. Ninety-eight first year students who were taking Contextualized Grammar I course participated in this study with their written responses answering the two research questions mentioned above.