(SKKN mới NHẤT) SKKN promoting high school students grammatical ability through context

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SÁNG KIẾN
PROMOTING HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ABILITY
THROUGH CONTEXT
(Ghi đầy đủ tên gọi giải pháp bằng chữ in hoa đậm)

Người thực hiện: Vũ Cẩm Thu
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SÁNG KIẾN
PROMOTING HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ABILITY
THROUGH CONTEXT

Người thực hiện: Vũ Cẩm Thu
Lĩnh vực nghiên cứu:
- Quản lý giáo dục

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- Phương pháp giáo dục

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- Phương pháp dạy học bộ mơn: Tiếng Anh 
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TABLE OF CONTENT
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3. Rationale.............................................................................................. 1
4. Research aims (Purposes)...................................................................2
CONTENTS OF THE RESEARCH............................................................2
I. REALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING SPEAKING..........2
II. RESEARCH CONTENTS.................................................................3
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2. Advantages and disadvantages of meaningful activities.................7
3. Evaluation of the research.................................................................8
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CONCLUSION............................................................................................. 9
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ABBREVIATION
1. PPP ( Presentation – Practice – Production )
2. EFL ( English as a foreign language )
3. ESL ( English as a second language )

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1. Tên sáng kiến:

PROMOTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL
ABILITY THROUGH CONTEXT
2. Lĩnh vực áp dụng sáng kiến: Giảng dạy môn Tiếng Anh
3. Tác giả:
- Họ và tên: Vũ Cẩm Thu

Nam (nữ): Nữ

- Trình độ chun mơn: Cử nhân Tiếng Anh
- Chức vụ, đơn vị công tác: Trường THPT Ngô Quyền
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(Nếu là sáng kiến riêng của tác giả, ghi 100%; nếu có đồng tác giả, ghi số lượng % bản thân đóng góp)

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TOPIC :
PROMOTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’
GRAMMATICAL ABILITY THROUGH CONTEXT

INTRODUCTION
1. Background /context
In recent years, teaching grammar has become one of the most challenging
issues of English language teachers. In fact, at high schools teachers have difficulty
making grammar instructions interesting to students. In traditional ways of teaching
grammar, teachers often introduce forms, explain the usage of the grammar points and
then have students complete the follow-up exercises. Therefore, students have to learn
by heart grammatical structures in a passive way, which fails to hold students’
interest. This has urged educators and researchers to look for effective methods of
teaching grammar, and my hypothesis is that teaching through context can get
students to communicate more efficiently. Context-based grammar plays an important
role in helping teachers enhance students’ learning effectiveness. It will contribute to
motivating students to study grammar because they will have more chances of
understanding how the new grammar structures work.
2. The scope of the research
This case study is conducted in my school – Ngo Quyen High School situated
in the centre of Bien Hoa City with the participation of 90 students in 2 different

classes aged 17 years old.
3. Rationale
According to Krahnke (1985), grammar plays an instrumental role in language
teaching and it should be paid attention to when teaching a language although

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teachers have tendency to focus on teaching four main skills –reading, speaking,
listening and writing.
In order to be competent language learners, students are recommended to learn
and know about grammar. This will help them to make sentences meaningful and
express their words and messages effectively. Furthermore, it can enhance students to
master four main skills: build good sentences in writing, make sentences clear to
understand in speaking conversations, identify the main points in listening talks and
understand the key ideas in reading passages. With the lack of grammar, students
cannot develop language skills. Like Emery (1978), she compared the failure of
language skills due to the state of not knowing grammar with unskilled drivers who
do not know what makes the car run. This contributes to the fact that grammar is
indispensable and essential in EFL language teaching.
Tabbert (1984) also pointed that some classic mistakes learners faced were using
incorrect tenses, mismatching subjects and verbs, confusing the use of articles,
mismatching the position of adjectives and nouns. This is the reason why she claimed
that students need to learn grammar.
Teaching grammar requires teachers a lot work to do. One essential aspect of
teaching grammar is the ability to help learners gain an understanding of the nature of
language like patterns which create what people speak, listen, read and write (Azar,
2007). In fact, people no longer use only simple single words, sounds, body

expressions to communicate with others since they know how to apply grammar into
the real context.
Ellis (2006) also emphasized that grammar instruction includes methods that
make learners identify specific grammatical form in a way that helps learners both
comprehend it linguistically and produce it effectively. A lot of researchers also
stressed the importance of teaching grammar that it cannot be ignored and if learners
are not taught grammar, they cannot develop the language skills professionally.
(Richards & Renandya, 2002)
There has been a debate whether a suitable method of teaching grammar is
applied in the classroom. Although the traditional grammar teaching PPP is used, this

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method does not bring effects. In fact, presenting grammar in context helps students
know how grammar is used and improve their knowledge in language skills.
Obviously, teaching grammar in isolated sentences is an impractical way as it will not
motivate students’ ability to discover the rules and functions of grammar structures in
sentences. It is believed that students need to experience grammar in a variety of
context so that they can use it correctly and apply it efficiently. Hence, context-based
teaching grammar should be carried out in the classrooms.
4. Research aims (Purposes)
This research aims at investigating the effects of implementing teaching
grammar through context on the development of students’ language competence. It
also aims to identify students’ problems and their learning styles with the expectation
that this new method will help them to get the hang of perceiving the rules of new
grammar structures and providing accuracy in the target language.

CONTENTS OF THE RESEARCH
I. REALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMAR
In recent years, the most popular traditional grammar teaching approach is PPP
(Presentation – Practice – Production). However, Long and Doughty (2009) claimed
that this approach is not effective because it cannot enable students to apply what they
have learnt into communicative context. This means that they understand the rules
clearly, but they cannot use them to communicate with others and recognize how
grammar rules work in sentences, which prevents the effectiveness of learning
grammar. Therefore, it is the teachers who are responsible for helping students
comprehend the meaning and the usage of language; and also show them what the
grammatical form of the new language is and how it is used in speaking and writing.
This leads to a new approach of grammar instruction - teaching grammar through
context.

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II. RESEARCH CONTENTS
1. Research procedures / definitions of terms
This case study will be conducted with 90 students divided into two different
groups. Each group includes 45 students. The experimental group is the group of
students who are taught lessons integrated with new method – teaching grammar
through context, whereas the group of students who are taught like the normal lessons
(traditional method: PPP) form the control group. A pre-test will be carried out to
make sure that both two groups have the same proficiency level. At the end of the
second term, two groups are tested in order to get the scores of each learner. Those
test scores will be analyzed and collected to serve for data of the findings. After that,
my colleagues and I will join a meeting to compare the results of the experimental

group and the control group to examine the effects of applying contexts in teaching
grammar on the ability to discover rules and functions of grammar structures as well
as apply it into language skills.
Those groups of students are experimented at the second term and they are
taught in the English course-book Grade 11 (Vietnamese Ministry of Education). All
students are taught the same lesson; however, there is one group of students are taught
grammar through contexts, whereas the other group are taught grammar by using
classical method (the teacher explains the rules and forms and then uses some drills to
get students familiar with the new grammar structures). Additionally, I will be the
teacher of 2 groups of students to investigate the real effects as well as to make
students feel comfortable to take part in the lessons.
The study includes 2 tests: one pre-test and one post-test for both 2 groups. A
pre-test is a grammar test. Because this kind of test aims at being a standard to show
that students have the same level of English competence, it will be derived from the
knowledge they have learnt before which is in the English Course-book Grade 11 at
the first term. After that, the students taking part in the research are divided into 2
groups: experimental group and control group. They are taught the grammar lessons
of the second term of the course-book. The control group are exposed to lessons with

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the traditional, explicit grammar teaching, while the experimental group are taught
grammar lessons through their contexts.
At the end of the second term (after 8 weeks), there is a post-test which is
extracted from the Course-book of the second term for both 2 groups. The test is the
grammar test including multiple choice and sentence transformation tasks.
Instructions are given before the tests to avoid misunderstanding among students.

There are 40 questions, each of which is 25 points. The total score is 100 points. Four
colleagues and I will mark the students’ papers, collect data and analyze data through
transcription.
To make sure the fairness and efficiency of the study, two kinds of test: pre-test
and post-test are in the paper test and marked both the person who teaches them and
four partners in my department.
Data is collected through the results of the post-test. Besides, two methods:
questionnaire and interview are also applied to collect the data. The questionnaire
includes open and close-ended questions to investigate learners’ attitudes and
viewpoints towards learning grammar through context and raise their awareness of the
importance of studying grammar in contexts. While students do the questionnaire, the
teacher explains and gives possible and necessary guidance so that they can meet the
requirements of the questionnaire.
Interviews are conducted with the help of four partners in my English Team.
They are asked some questions about their points of view about teaching grammar in
contexts in their lessons. The questions are designed as open-ended questions. The
interview will last 30 minutes for each interviewee. Moreover, the place and the
purpose of the interview will be informed beforehand and in details to create the
comfortable feelings among the participants. Each teacher will be interviewed one
time at the beginning of the research and their answers will be recorded by a cassette
recorder.
After students take post-test, the results are collected and analyzed. I will have
one colleague make a table of all the scores of 90 students of both two groups on
Microsolf Excel and arrange the scores from the highest to the lowest score;

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especially to differentiate the score of 2 groups, I will color the score of the control
group blue and the experimental group will be in red. After that, four colleagues and I
will hold a meeting to analyze the results to see whether the new grammar teaching
technique (teaching grammar through contexts) can bring the effective results. If this
method is successful (the score of the experimental group is higher than that of the
control group), it will be implemented in the most of my students and all the students
in my school in the long run.

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Application

a) Unit 2: The past tense (Past simple & Past continuous)
In this lesson, I will teach two English tenses in a context:
Jane comes from Italy. She is now living and working in the outskirts of Italy. Her
English is quite good as she has studied it at school for over 10 years and she has
worked for a company where English is the necessity. Some weeks ago, she went to
London for the first time to visit four high school friends. She stayed there for a week
and in that time Jane and her friends had a busy schedule – they visited many famous
places in London such as The London Eye, Tower of London, Sea Life London,
Madame Tussauds, ZSL Lonson Zoo, ate some famous foods in different restaurants
every day, walked up the steep hills, and did lots of shopping in the fantastic
department stores. They took lots of photographs during the trip.
One evening Jane and her friends were having dinner when the fire alarm went off,
but the waiters seemed to be calm. They still carried on working. Everyone around
continued eating. Jane and her friends wondered why everyone still went on eating
with their meals even though the fire alarm was sounding. Jane and her friends
decided to get out quickly, but just as they went out of the door they saw a sign at the
entrance of the restaurant warning customers that there was going to be a fire alarm
test that evening. At that time, Jane and his friends felt a bit embarrassed.

STEPS:
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Firstly, I ask the class if anyone has been to/would like to go to London. If
anyone has, they can tell the others something about it. If no one has not been to,

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they can tell me what London like through what they know on television or on
the Internet. I also show some pictures of London to motivate the class to talk
about it.
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Secondly, I’ll tell my students that they were going to read about Jane – a cute
girl who visited London for the first time. They read the text and answer the
questions: “Why did Jane visit London? How many people was she with? Why
did they stop eating dinner at one restaurant? Did they finish their meal later?”

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Thirdly, I’ll highlight 2 sentences from the text, 1 sentence with past simple, 1
sentence with past continuous.

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Next, I’ll ask students to underline other examples of the past simple and past
continuous, discuss the use of two tenses in pairs or small groups.

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After that, I conclude the forms and uses of 2 tenses.

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Lastly, I ask students to write sentences using these two tenses.

Through context the students will see the usage of grammatical patterns better, and
the context help them understand how to use grammar forms and structures. In the
following contexts again two English tenses are presented.
b) Unit 12: RELATIVE CLAUSE
In this lesson. I teach my students RELATIVE CLAUSE in context
In fact, it’s really a consolidation because they have already it learnt before.
STEPS:
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Firstly, I’ll show my students the picture of The Mona Lisa and ask if they know
the person who painted such masterpiece. I tell the students that they were going
to learn some very interesting things about Leonardo Da Vinci, a genius of the
15th century. And their task is to recognize what grammar point is referred to in
the text.

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Secondly, I give my students a small text about Leonardo Da Vinci. The students
work in groups, scan the text and answer “the grammar point is RELATIVE
CLAUSE”

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

I have my students read the paragraphs again and underline the relative pronouns
they’ve found.

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Next, I have students work in groups, discuss the use of the relative pronouns in
these contexts. While they are doing I go round and ask them why “who, whom,
which, that …” are used in these contexts. When students have finished
discussing they soon remember what they had leant.

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After that I’ll help them revise the grammar point and provide them with some
advanced structures.

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Finally, I ask some students to make their own sentences, using relative pronouns
and write the sentences on the board. The others observe and suggest correction if
necessary. I give feedback and help with correction if necessary.
Leonardo Da Vinci, born in 1452 into a normal family, was an extraordinary man.

In fact, many people called him a "renaissance man" partly because he lived during
the Renaissance, which was the time of creativity and invention. However, a person

who was called a renaissance man has many different skills and can do many great
things.
Da Vinci, who was an Italian scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, artist,
and writer, was considered the most diversely talented person that had ever lived.
In every area, he had amazing achievements, most of which are the treasures of the
whole human kind. As an artist, he produced a handful of famous paintings, two of
which are The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa. The former one, which was painted
in 1495, describes the last supper of Jesus Christ and his twelve apostles, whom Jesus
announced the only one that would betray him. The latter one, now hang in the
Louvre in Paris, is about a lady whose smile in the painting is still a mystery to the
world. As an inventor, he conceptualized brilliant ideas that were far ahead of this
time. For example, he drew detailed plans for a helicopter and for contact lenses in a
time when there was no electricity or plastic.
Da Vinci has always been the world's legend. The crowds still queue to see his
most famous artworks being displayed in the most famous museums in the world.

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Thousands of T-shirts on which his paintings and drawings are printed are sold every
day. Experts are now still studying, translating, and analyzing his work, using the
newest scientific techniques. Some are still interested in searching the recorded but
never found.
Through context my students understand the usage of Relative Clause, and can make
the sentences themselves using grammar forms and structures. They can apply the
structures in a variety of exercises relating to relative clause.
c) Unit 13: CLEFT SENTENCE
Let’s take Cleft Sentence as the 3rd example

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STEPS:

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Firstly, I show the students a conversation between the boss and a staff. I call 2
students to model the conversation.

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Secondly, I’ll show the underlined and bold sentences and ask the students to
focus on them. Students worked in pairs, practising the conversation again. After
that I have some students to give their opinions about the underlined and bold
parts. They can easily recognize that it is emphasize structure.

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Then I give students some sentences and ask them to rewrite, using the same
structure as in the conversation. Of course, some students can write the correct
sentences, some others may make the wrong ones.

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Finally, I introduce students the new structure CLEFT SENTENCE. Then my
students can gain the grammar point easier.

Conversation
Mr. Clement : Did you arrive late yesterday. Brian?
Brian:

No, Not me Sir. It was John who arrived so late.

Mr. Clement : I think it was at the parking lot at about 9.45 a.m that I saw you.
Brian:

Oh how could that be? I was preparing for the afternoon conference at
the meeting room then. You can ask Ronal and Ms. Helen Sir.

Mr. Clement : Really? Was it you who wore the yellow shirt yesterday?

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Brian :

That’s right sir. But I’m sure it was John that you might see at the
parking lot because he wore the right color as I did.

Mr. Clement : Does he drive a white BMW.
Brian :

Yes Sir. It was the white BMW that he drove to work yesterday.

Mr. Clement : All right. Brian, go ahead with your work.
Brian :

Good bye Sir.

By giving the students the context containing the structure I can make this
grammar point easily understood. Moreover, my students will get more excited about
exploring the grammar point used in the context and don’t feel bored with grammar
lessons.
Through contexts in teaching grammar of the 3 examples above, learners will see
the usage of grammatical patterns better, and the context will help them understand
how to use grammar forms and structures.

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Results and findings
Through the result of the post-test I have collected, I can find that whether the

students in the experimental group have improved much more than the students in the
control group. Through the survey from group of learners, it is obvious that most of
the students want to improve their grammar. They will be enthusiastic about learning
grammar through contexts. Furthermore, most students are not bored with or tired of
learning grammar as they do not think that grammar plays an important role in
language learning at the beginning. They can see that this new method can change
their perspectives on learning grammar and promote them to explore the new
grammar structures so that they can apply them into four skills.
From the interviews with my four colleagues, they advocate that teaching
grammar through context really takes effect. They feel that students are more
interested in the grammar lesson and get better results in grammar exercises and tests.

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They also think that this method is appropriate for intermediate and advanced students
and it can be implemented in the large scale in the near future.
2. Advantages and disadvantages of teaching grammar through context
Context means the text or speech that comes immediately before and after a
particular phrase or piece of text and that influence how it is used and what it means.
Hence, grammar rules are made easier if they are given in a context and teaching
grammar in context provides accuracy in the target language.
Teaching grammar through context in fact benefits the students a lot. Teachers
aim to deliver the grammar points through context, not to forms that will enhance
students’ comprehension and communication. Besides, context-based method
obviously help students avoid memorization and discover the nature of language.
Take some grammar concepts such as nouns and adjectives, subjects and verbs,
clauses and phrases for example. As students understand those concepts clearly, they
are aware of using and applying them better in language skills.
In most EFL classes in Vietnam, the curriculum of English subject is designed
for testing students, especially some important examinations like the entrance exams.
Moreover, applying other materials will be a burden for teachers who are obliged to
teach only in the Course-book. This refrains students from getting exposed to
authentic and meaningful input. Therefore, EFL teachers have to find and explore
many ways to integrate authentic English materials into the classrooms with a tight
curriculum and little resources.
Class size is also an obstacle for teachers to deal with. Most classrooms in
schools have a large number of students, which can have an effect on a teacher’s
feedback especially in providing feedbacks for all students in class. Although giving
feedbacks for all of them can motivate students and encourage them to take part in the
lesson, such practice may be difficult for those teaching large numbers of students.
For this reason, it is suggested that teachers should give feedbacks in a constructive
and efficient manner. For example, teachers can make full use of peer feedback from
students.

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Furthermore, what EFL students lack in comparison with ESL students is
interacting the input of the target language and using the language in a realistic
environment. Most of our students only experience English input in the classroom
environment, while ESL learners have many benefits when getting exposed to English
not only in classrooms but also outside school. This interferes with the fluency and
accuracy of using English for many EFL students. Therefore, it is recommended that
teachers will try to create an ideal environment for students to develop their ability in
English in the classroom as well as outside the classroom.
3. Evaluation of the research
a) Novelty of the research
This new method aims to help learners perceive the rules of new grammar
structures in a natural and easily absorbed way as well as to improve accuracy in the
target language.
b) Effectiveness
From the discussion with my four colleagues, they advocate that teaching
grammar through context really takes effect. We feel that students are more interested
in the grammar lesson and get better results in grammar exercises and tests. We also
think that this method is appropriate for intermediate and advanced students and it can
be implemented in the large scale in the near future.
c) Applicability of the research
This method can be implemented in the most of my students and all the students
in my school in the long run. I personally hope that it can be applied to as many high
school students as possible.

CONCLUSION
The study provides some insights into the effects of implementing contexts in
teaching grammar. Although some teachers in Vietnam may prefer the traditional
grammar teaching to teaching grammar in contexts, this new method can contribute to

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changing some teachers’ perspectives about grammar teaching and students’
viewpoints about grammar learning.
Grammar teaching is considered as a difficult issue in language teaching.
Teaching grammar through context will enable learners to perceive the language
structures efficiently. If learners are taught grammatical structures in context, they
will be able to master the language much better. It is teaching grammar in context that
will motivate learners to acquire and explore new grammar structures and forms. This
will help learners to use grammatical conventions more effectively in communication.
I do hope my modest research gets the attention of my colleagues and it can
widely be applied to enhance not only the students but the teachers as well in teaching
and learning grammar. I appreciate receiving valuable comments from you all.
I claim not to copy or infringe copyright.

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Biên Hòa, ngày 15 tháng 6 năm 2020

HỘI ĐỒNG CÔNG NHẬN SÁNG

TÁC GIẢ SÁNG KIẾN

KIẾN TẠI CƠ QUAN, ĐƠN VỊ
NƠI TÁC GIẢ CÔNG TÁC

Vũ Cẩm Thu

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APPENDIX
Appendix 1

QUESTIONNAIRE
(For students)
The purpose of this questionnaire is to investigate students’ views or opinions on
learning grammar though contexts. Your responses will contribute to helping your
English teachers to implement better ways to teach grammar in the classrooms.
You don’t need to write your name on the questionnaire
Please express your viewpoints as well as your attitudes to the following areas by
putting a stick to the box you choose.
A. How interested do you feel when learning grammar in context?
1. Very strong  2. Strong  3. Not bad 

4. Low 

5. Very low 

B. What do you think about the position of context in learning grammar?
1. Very important 

2. Important  3. Not bad  4. Useless 

5. Very useless 
C. How do you feel after being taught grammar through context?
1. Having a complete understanding of learned grammar knowledge 
2. Understanding the vast majority of learned grammar knowledge 
3. Feeling unclear about grammar knowledge 
4. Feeling completely confused about grammar knowledge 
5. Not knowing what is grammar at all 
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Appendix 2

INTERVIEW
(For teachers)
The purpose of this survey is to find out about how you teach grammar in contexts.
Your responses will contribute to finding out the suitable way of teaching grammar.
Please feel free to answer the following questions below:
1. Besides the four important skills, what do you think is the most important in
teaching English? (Vocabulary, Grammar, Pronunciation, etc.) Why?
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2. How do your students often learn grammar?
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3. What methods do you often use in teaching grammar? (Grammar-translation,
Task-based language, Communicative teaching, Teaching through contexts)
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4. From your point of view, what is the purpose of contexts in teaching grammar?
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5. How often do you teach grammar in contexts?
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6. What are some difficulties you encounter when teaching grammar through
contexts?
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7. H ow your students feel when they are taught grammar through contexts?
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8. Do you think that teaching grammar through contexts is more effective than other
grammar teaching methods?

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9. Do you think that teaching grammar through contexts will be implemented in your
teaching in the long run? Why?
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10. In your opinion, what is the best way of teaching grammar?
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