English Grammar PedagoEnglish Grammar Pedagogical Analysisgical Analysis

English Grammar PedagoEnglish Grammar Pedagogical Analysisgical Analysis

Hyunju KimHyunju Kim

Introduction• Teaching grammar is an important part of language teaching. • Grammar is necessary to learn a langua

ge.• My experiences learning English gramm

ar.• The question is…………………….

• What is the best method for teaching English grammar? Teaching grammar alone vs. Teaching grammar through situational role play

Side one• Teaching English grammar alone

– Benefits: can cover more complex rules Can save time, Teaching feels more efficient– Problems: no practical applications, No ability to apply rules to a larger

context

Side two • Teaching grammar through situational

role play– Benefits: more practical use of the rules, More effective participation, Entertaining– Problems: more time demanding and less

class time for other work, Less time to cover other rules

• Is the sacrifice of the time worth the practical application of the rules?

Methodology• Make survey• Have 19 ELC students take the

survey• Average the result • The highest average score is the

better teaching method

Survey• How did you learn grammar when

you studied English?1)Grammar alone, for example,

from textbooks and lectures2)Through activities, for example,

situational role play and games

Survey (cont’d)8. If I am older, I would try to get a job in A B C DFlorida.9. I wonder how much should I tip the driver for a A B C Dtrip to the airport10. My doctor told me to wearing a hat whenever A B C I go into the sun. D

Results of the Survey

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Average of Surveys

With Role PlaysGrammar Alone

Potential Problems• The difference of the average was

small• Very different sample sizes

– 5(with role plays) vs. 14(grammar alone)

• Only people taught grammar alone got perfect scores

Conclusion• The students who did the situational

role plays scored higher than those who didn’t, showing that role plays are worth the extra class time.

• The best method of teaching grammar is through activities such as situational role plays.

Future Work• Have more students take the

survey• Ask more different grammar rule

questions in the survey• If I had more time to do the

survey, I would take the survey to the ELC classrooms