English Teaching: Practice and Critique

Approaches and procedures for teaching grammar

Volume 5 Number 1 May 2006

Handoyo Widodo (The English Program, Politeknik Negeri Jember (State Polytechnic of Jember))

Teaching grammar has been regarded as crucial to the ability to use language. For this reason, this article introduces a five-step procedure for teaching grammar. I have developed this procedure, which incorporates the notions of practice and consciousness-raising, explicit and implicit knowledge, and deductive and inductive approaches for teaching grammar. This procedure has been derived from my great interest in innovative grammar teaching and my teaching experience in grammar. The proposed steps are expected to be an alternative pathway for English teachers to teach grammar, particularly teaching tenses and modals at college-university levels or even in secondary schools.            

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