changing approach to teaching grammar

CHANGING APPROACH TOTEACHING GRAMMAR

PRIBADI HADHI

Linguistics Department, Faculty of HumanityUniversity of Indonesia

I can to swim

I is smart

My father not like apple

What again?

Traditional Approach

Communicative Approach

Aim : Teaching how to use grammar meaningfully in context

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A new series of textbooks was introduced

Students don’t use grammar well if they want to say something

The need of better English for business context

The use of English for communication

Why Change?

Levels of Change

Materials,Text Book,

And Syllabus

Teaching Behavior

Knowledge,Understandin

g and Belief

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Teachers survey and compare a wide range of materials and resources.

Teachers are required to teach a range of activities to their peers.

Teachers read and discuss about teaching and learning grammar.

Strategies:

Using the generative

context of a story to present

grammar

Using personalization

to practice grammar

Using an authentic text to

put grammar into action

Grammar Teaching

(1) Using the generative context of a story to present grammar

Step 1: Establish the context

Using the generative context of a story to present grammar

Step 2: Introduce the problem

Using the generative context of a story to present grammar

Step 3: Try and elicit the target language

Using the generative context of a story to present grammar

Step 4: Present and Practice

Using the generative context of a story to present grammar

Step 5: Use the target language in a dialogue

Using the generative context of a story to present grammar

First , to build up the context, then to develop the meaning of should have, and finally to focus on use in dialogue

(2) Using personalization to practice grammar

First, to involve the use of relative clause to define nouns, then to compose sentences based on set pattern, finally to write and to practice in oral interaction (speaking)

(3) Using an authentic text to put grammar into action

First, to recognize text genre well, then to illustrate the grammar being taught, finally students can be encouraged to try this recipe in group or individually.