Enhancing the teaching of grammar explicitly in Malaysia from teacher’s

perspectives

Conducted and Prepared by:Noor Illi Bt Elas

(illielas)

Research Questions

• Why the teachers neglect the teaching of grammar in the classroom or as in the lesson

• What are the problems or causes that the students are having in learning grammar?

• What are the problems that the teachers are having in teaching grammar?

• What are the appropriate teaching methods and materials to teach grammar in the classroom?

Instruments(teachers)

• Questionnaire.– Two parts of questionnaire : Part A and Part B.– Part A: focus on teacher’s experiences and the

opinions in teaching grammar.– Part B: seeking the information about teaching

grammar• Interview.– Will be conducted on 2 teachers and the

questionnaire will be distributed to 3 teachers.

Instruments(students)

• Questionnaire.– Focus only 6 questions– Only choose 6 students mainly focus on three

levels: advanced, intermediate and slow.– Focus on their understanding in learning grammar.

Sample• The sample will be the students.• In this mini research, I only let the students to

answer the questionnaire. There are 6 of students that I chose and they are from 3 different levels: weak, intermediate and advanced

• There are 5 English teachers that had been chosen to reinforce the statements of teaching grammar.

Results

• The results from the teachers will be analyzed according to this two different aspects:

• Interview• Questionnaire.

• The results from the students will be analyzed according to one aspect:

• Questionnaire.

OVERVIEW/ data analysis Questionnaire

: TeachersStudents

Themes/ Research Questionnaire

Questions Frequency

Why the teachers neglect the teaching of grammar in the classroom or as in the lesson.

1. Do you think teaching grammar is important in English subject. Why?2. Do you think a component of teaching grammar is difficult compare to other components?3.What is the hardest part in teaching grammar? Please give your explanation.(subject verbs agreement,Modal,Preposition,Articles,Verbs(Tenses),Conjunctions,Adverbs/adjectives,Nouns,Quantifiers,Pronoun)Please give your explanation.

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Themes/ Research Questionnaire

Questions Frequency

What are the problems or causes that the students are having in learning grammar.?What are the problems that the teachers are having in teaching grammar?

1. According to your experience in teaching English, what do you think the causes that make the students are not interested in learning grammar?2. What do You think the problems in teaching Grammar?

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Themes/ Research Questionnaire

Questions Frequency

What are the appropriate teaching methods and materials to teach the grammar in the classroom?

1. What are the best methods to teach grammar according to your teaching experience?2. What kind of teaching materials do you usually used to teach the grammar? ( You are allowed to circle more than one answers)

videoslidesflash cardmanila cardmahjong paperpen marker and whiteboardpaper ( handouts )

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Themes/ Research Questionnaire

Questions Frequency

Others 1.Which topic/s of teaching grammar do you think is/are easy for your students.2. Which one of the other elements such as literature or enhancing 4 main skills can be used together with the learning of grammar? Please give your explanation.

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Discussion and Rationale

Why the teachers neglect the teaching of grammar in the classroom or as in the lesson.

Do you think teaching grammar is important in English subject. Why?1.Do you think a component of teaching grammar is difficult compare to other components?2. What is the hardest part in teaching grammar? Please give your explanation.(subject verb agreement, Modal, Preposition, Articles, Verbs(Tenses),Conjunctions,Adverbs/adjectives,Nouns,Quantifiers,Pronoun)Please give your explanation.

For the question 1, the researcher found that according to teachers, teaching of grammar are is not that difficult but it depends on the teacher’s experiences,

explanation, teaching methods and approaches .For question 2, the hardest part that the teachers considered are subject verb

agreement as it consists of many different aspects, adverbs/ adjectives, quantifiers and verbs (tense)

What are the problems that the teachers are having in teaching grammarWhat are the problems or causes that the students are having in learning grammar?

1. According to your experience in teaching English, what do you think the causes that make the students are not interested in learning grammar?2. What do You think the problems in teaching Grammar?

For the question 1, according to the teacher’s experience that the students are not interested in learning grammar because of the teaching methods are dull and are not

in fun learning.For the question 2, according to the teacher, the problems in teaching grammar are

depending on teacher’s experience in teaching and explanation as well as the teaching methods.

What are the appropriate teaching methods and materials to teach the grammar in the classroom?

1. What are the best methods to teach grammar according to your teaching experience?2. What kind of teaching materials do you usually used to teach the grammar? ( You are allowed to circle more than one answers) video, slides, flash card, manila card, mahjong paper, pen marker and whiteboard, paper ( handouts )

For the question 1, most teacher states that the best methods they usually used are manila card, mahjong paper, whiteboard and marker pen to teach grammar because it

is easy to explain one by one to the students.For the question 2, teachers are usually manila card, mahjong paper, video and slides as well as handouts to teach grammar and to emphasize the learning of grammar to

the students.

Others

1.Which topic/s of teaching grammar do you think is/are easy for your students.2. Which one of the other elements such as literature or enhancing 4 main skills can be used together with the learning of grammar? Please give your explanation.

For the question 1, the reason that the researcher asks this question is to seek what is actually the easy part in grammar to teach to the students. It is because, some of

teacher are actually “picky” to teach the grammar for the students.For the question 2, the reason for the researcher to ask this question due to

investigate what is the other elements that can be used together to teach the grammar. It is because, some teachers do not how to synchronize the teaching of

grammar with other elements in learning language.

Experiences in teaching

1.How long have you been teaching English Language?2.Do you hold any post as an English teacher such as head panel, facilitator, or excellent teacher? Can you tell me about your task?

For the question 1, the reason researcher asks the question is to seek how long they had been in this teaching field. It is because, an experienced teacher is the ones who has been in teaching field more than 10 years and according to their promotion and accommodations . Besides that, they know how to deal with the students according

to their experience.For the question 2, the reason that the researcher asks this question is to seek how importance the respondent towards the school and how long they has been served

in this teaching field.

StudentsQuestionnaire

The questions are designed to seek the information of the students perspectives toward the learning of grammar.

RATIONALE

Generally, the answers that the students give out will be able to help the researcher to understand what they had learnt in the

classroom and in the lesson. All the questions are related to individual perspectives as the

researcher decide to see the student’s personal point of view in learning grammar.

Question 1

360

NoYes

• The question:• Do you like learning of

English in the class?YesNo

The students choose to answer yes because they are well aware that learning grammar is important as they want to master the basic principles of English

Language.

Question 2

180180 YESNO

• The question:• Do you understand

learning of Grammar in the class?

YesNo

The answer that students give because 3 of them which are slow learner plus one intermediate learner are actually do not understand the learning the

grammar in the classroom. It is totally different with the advanced learner plus one intermediate learner who actually can understand the learning grammar.

Question 3

240

120YESNO

• The question:• Do you revise grammar

at home?YesNo

As for this question, 4 of them which are intermediate and advanced learner are actually revise grammar at home other than completing their homework given by their teacher. Meanwhile, 2 of them who is slow learner are not having their

revision and completely depend on their homework because they need the guidance or assist to learn grammar.

Question 4

120

240

Sales

YESNO

• The question:• Do you find learning

grammar is interesting/YesNo

As for this question, the students are actually not enjoying the learning of grammar as long as only if the lesson is interesting. However, for the advanced

learner, they found that this will be interesting to learn as they also learn the other elements in learning language.

Question 5• The question:

• Which part in Grammar that you like to learn? ( You are allowed to circle more than one answer)– subject verbs agreement– Modal– Preposition– Articles– Verbs (Tenses)– Conjunctions– Adverbs / adjectives– Nouns– Quantifiers– Pronoun

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1

2

3

4

5

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THE ANSWERS

THE AN-SWERS

The Stu-

dents

The students choose subject verb agreement and modal as their number one to learn due to this part is easy to learn once the students understand the concept. The part they do not want to learn is preposition and nouns because due to the

fact they always learn it in their first language and in their daily life.

Question 6

100

YESNO

• The question:• Do your English teachers

give a lot of grammar exercises in the classroom?

YesNo

As for this question, all six students states that their English teacher gives the exercises in the classroom. This will help them to understand the learning of grammar and establish their understanding about the principles of learning

grammar.

The end of chapitre, Gracias.