TEACHING GRAMMAR: going beyond the traditional approach

Márcia Helena Venâncio, Gabriela Ferreira Fernandes, Vitória Camila Carrijo dos Santos

Resumo


Due to the fact that the English language has spread all over the world and has become a lingua franca, which is a language adopted by speakers of different countries as a means of communication, there is a substantial number of people who want to learn it. While learning the foreign language students deal with the four language skills – reading, listening, speaking and writing – and also grammar, that should be taught in an appealing way. Therefore the aim of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the inductive approach for teaching grammar. To do so, we conducted some bibliographical research based mainly on Crystal (2010), Harmer (2007), Rajagopalan (2005), Paiva (2005), and Ur (2006) and others, who supported us to create an inductive grammar activity and also analyze a questionnaire that the students took part. To reach our aim we started talking about the spread of the English language since the British Empire until these days. Then, we mentioned some teaching-learning characteristics that make learning more meaningful for students. Next, we approached the teaching of grammar and how learners can benefit from it through the inductive approach. Finally, we presented a grammar activity based on the inductive approach and we also analyzed a questionnaire answered by the students who participated in the grammar activity.

Texto completo: PDF