Abstract

Enhancing learners’ grammar competence basically improves their communication skills. Nevertheless, the question of which grammar teaching technique is highly useful for the purpose is arguable. In light of that, this study was set out to examine the effects of using grammar consciousness-raising tasks in enhancing students’ narrative tenses competence vis-à-vis the conventional method in which grammar is taught mainly through teacher explanations and sentence level practices followed by corrective feedback. To this end, the study included a total of 90 grade eleven students in the experimental and the comparison groups. In the intervention which lasted for five weeks, the experimental group participants were taught narrative tenses via consciousness-raising tasks, and the comparison group ones were taught the same grammar features via the conventional method. Tests and semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data. The findings revealed that grammar consciousness-raising tasks were more effective than the conventionally used grammar teaching method in improving students’ ability to understand and use the target grammar features. Moreover, data from the interviews showed that participants in the experimental group had positive perceptions about grammar consciousness-raising tasks. Based on the findings, it was recommended that grammar consciousness-raising tasks should be used in the teaching of grammar.

摘要

提高学习者的语法能力从根本上提高了他们的交际能力。然而，哪种语法教学技术对此目的非常有用的问题是有争议的。鉴于此，本研究旨在检验使用语法意识提升任务对提高学生叙事时态能力的效果，而传统方法主要通过教师解释和句子水平练习来教授语法。通过纠正反馈。为此，该研究在实验组和对照组中共有 90 名十一年级学生。在持续五周的干预中，实验组参与者通过提高意识的任务学习叙事时态，而对照组则通过常规方法教授相同的语法特征。采用测试和半结构化访谈来收集数据。研究结果表明，语法意识提升任务在提高学生理解和使用目标语法特征的能力方面比传统的语法教学方法更有效。此外，访谈数据显示，实验组的参与者对提高语法意识的任务有积极的看法。根据研究结果，建议在语法教学中使用提高语法意识的任务。研究结果表明，语法意识提升任务在提高学生理解和使用目标语法特征的能力方面比传统的语法教学方法更有效。此外，访谈数据显示，实验组的参与者对提高语法意识的任务有积极的看法。根据研究结果，建议在语法教学中使用提高语法意识的任务。研究结果表明，语法意识提升任务在提高学生理解和使用目标语法特征的能力方面比传统的语法教学方法更有效。此外，访谈数据显示，实验组的参与者对提高语法意识的任务有积极的看法。根据研究结果，建议在语法教学中使用提高语法意识的任务。