Focus on form was the least preferred method of grammar instruction regardless of year of study¶
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q2 i? Students preferred course books that systematically focus on grammatical features over teachers focusing on grammar as an independent lesson component. → 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
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Descriptive statistics from the survey of 927 students grouped by year of study. The article reports that "students prefer course books that systematically focus on grammatical features over teachers who focus on grammar as an independent component of the lesson."
"The results for Item 8 (“Course books should systematically foc us on grammatical features.” (FonF)) and Item 9 (“Teachers should focus on gramma r as an independent component of the lesson.” (FonFs)) show that students prefer course books that systematically focus on grammatical features over teachers who focus on grammar as an independent component of the lesson."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- EFL students across all years of study prefer having grammar included as part of their lessons and course books — related
- 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
- All student groups preferred explicit over implicit grammar instruction — related
- All student groups preferred deductive over inductive grammar instruction — related
- Grammatical skill is not the focus of Second Language Acquisition, per the study's synthesis of SLA theories and methods — reports the opposite
- 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
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Focus on form was the least preferred method of grammar instruction regardless of year of study |
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Focus on form was the least preferred method of grammar instruction regardless of year of study |
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2020 |
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