EFL students across all years of study prefer having grammar included as part of their lessons and course books¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? All students, including juniors and seniors whose courses lack an explicit grammar component, preferred grammar as part of lessons and course books. → Daloglu 2020

Evidence¶

Daloglu 2020¶

Daloglu, A. (2020). EFL Students' Beliefs about How They Learn Grammar Best. English Language Teaching, 13(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v13n10p158

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive survey results from 927 students at an English-medium university in Ankara, analyzed with descriptive statistics. The article reports that "all students showed a preference for having grammar as a part of their lessons and course books."

"The results for Item 1 (“Grammar should be a part of English lessons” (MFI)) and Item 2 (“Grammar should be a part of English course books.” (FFI)) show that all students showed a preference for having grammar as a part of their lessons and course books."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Preferred instruction type shifted by year: Prep School, freshman and sophomore students preferred implicit instruction while junior and senior students preferred meaning-focused instruction — related
• Focus on form was the least preferred method of grammar instruction regardless of year of study — related
• All student groups preferred explicit over implicit grammar instruction — related
• Prep School and undergraduate students differed significantly on overall beliefs, MFI-FFI and FonF-FonFs, but not on implicit-explicit or inductive-deductive preferences — related