DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMAR IN AN EFL CONTEXT1 Abdu Mohammed Al-Mekhlafi PhD.‚ College of Education‚ Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman rayan3@gmail.com Ramani Perur Nagaratnam PhD.‚ Ministry of Manpower‚ Oman The role of grammar instruction in an ESL/EFL context has been for decades a major issue for students and teachers alike. Researchers have debated whether grammar should be taught in the classroom and students‚ for their part‚ have generally looked upon grammar instruction as a necessary
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Teaching Grammar Goals and Techniques for Teaching Grammar The goal of grammar instruction is to enable students to carry out their communication purposes. This goal has three implications: * Students need overt instruction that connects grammar points with larger communication contexts. * Students do not need to master every aspect of each grammar point‚ only those that are relevant to the immediate communication task. * Error correction is not always the instructor ’s first responsibility
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June 2007 Test Under Simulated LSAT Conditions One important way to prepare for the LSAT is to simulate the day of the test by taking a practice test under actual time constraints. Taking a practice test under timed conditions helps you to estimate the amount of time you can afford to spend on each question in a section and to determine the question types on which you may need additional practice. Since the LSAT is a timed test‚ it is important to use your allotted time wisely. During the test‚ you may
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The Instant Word Comprehensive Test is a list of three hundred words that students should be able to identify by sight. Kayla began the Instant Word Comprehensive Test on numbers 51 through 75‚ she correctly identified 20 out of 25 words scoring 80%. At a second session with Kayla on October 2‚ 2015‚ Kayla was given numbers 1 through 25 and 26 through 50. During this session‚ Kayla correctly identified 23 out of 25 words‚ scoring 92% on numbers 1 through 26. For numbers 26 through 50‚ Kayla correctly
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“indeed.” Grammar is the backbone of a language and without it any single thing you know may be flux‚ in a sort of jelly without much consistency. In a nutshell‚ grammar provides you with the structure you need in order to organize and put your messages and ideas across. It is the railway through which your messages will be transported. Without it‚ in the same way as a train cannot move without railways‚ you won’t be able to convey your ideas to their full extension without a good command of the
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child‚ the importance of being able to find and hold a steady job is obsolete in the mind. Growing older‚ money becomes more relevant in life because our society revolves around it. How would it feel to be denied a job simply because one’s grammar was below par? Grammar plays a huge role in today’s workplace because it acts as a gateway between the people you both working with and working for. Employers now a days are looking for people who have a healthy supply of writing and communications skills for
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Parts of Speech: A noun (N) - A noun is a word that names a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea. A pronoun (PN) - A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or a group of nouns. A verb (HV‚ LV‚ AV) - A verb is a word that expresses action‚ link the subject to predicate‚ or helps the main verb make sense in a sentence. An adjective (ADJ) - An adjective is a word that modifies a verb‚ an adjective‚ or another adverb. Adverbs answer which one‚ what kind‚ how many‚ or how many. An
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Class : Year 6 Subject : English Language Time : 8.30am - 9.30am Duration : 60 Minutes Number of Pupils : 20 Pupils Class Descriptions : Intermediate Theme : World Of Stories Topic : Simple Past Tense ( regular & irregular verbs ) Skills : Listening‚ Reading and Writing Learning Standards : 5.1.3 Objectives : Pupils should be able to; (i) identify the irregular and regular forms of verbs in the story. (ii) answer 4 out of 6 questions using irregular form of verbs in sentences
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Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. 1. Annie and her brothers (is‚ are) at school. 2. Either my mother or my father (is‚ are) coming to the meeting. 3. The dog or the cats (is‚ are) outside. 4. Either my shoes or your coat (is‚ are) always on the floor. 5. George and Tamara (doesn’t‚ don’t) want to see that movie. 6. Benito (doesn’t‚ don’t) know the answer. 7. One of my sisters (is‚ are) going on a trip to France. 8. The man with all the birds (live‚ lives) on
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message. Functional grammar is an unconsciously learnt ability to manipulate the grammar of a language to suit the occasion; taking in ones social‚ cognitive and pragmatics‚ relating to the structure of the language. (Walter de Gruyter). Communicative competence is a subset of functional grammar and its approach in teaching will allow students to learn grammar through meaningful communication. Communicative competence is a speaker ’s internalized knowledge‚ both of the grammar rules of a language
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