Although it is now generally agreed that grammar should be an integral element of second language programmes, there is still a diversity of opinions about how it should be taught. In this paper, attention is first drawn to relevant issues raised in reviews of the teaching of grammar derived from SLA research and teacher cognition. This paper then reports a survey of Vietnamese teachers’ attitudes towards grammar and grammar teaching in their own particular teaching contexts. It uses a questionnaire adapted from that used in a 2002 survey of teachers of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in British universities and in a 2008 parallel survey of EAP teachers in New Zealand. The key findings of the present study are presented and then discussed in relation to those of the other two surveys. They indicate that these EAP teachers in Vietnam, like those in Britain and New Zealand, appreciate the centrality of grammar in their language teaching and have a critical awareness of many of the problems and issues involved. The findings suggest that the teachers favour a discourse, rather than a decontextualised approach to the presentation of grammar and there is an emphasis on systematic practice of grammatical forms and the correction of grammatical errors.
목차
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW The Teaching of Grammar The Importance of Teachers’ Beliefs The Attitudes of Second Language Teachers to the Teaching of Grammar THE PRESENT STUDY Research Questions Participants and Setting Data Collection Procedures SURVEY RESULTS The Centrality of Grammar in Language Teaching The Role of Practice The Correction of Errors The Use of Authentic Texts DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS AS THEY RELATE TO THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS Which Attitudes about Grammar and Grammar Teaching are Most Widely Held by the EAP Teachers in Vietnam? Is there a Bias Towards Decontextualised Presentation of Grammar and away from Discourse-Based, Unified Approaches? CONCLUSION THE AUTHORS REFERENCES APPENDIX : THE VIETNAM QUESTIONNAIRE
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GrammarVietnamteacher attitudessurveyEAP
저자
Le Van Canh [ Hanoi University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam ]
Roger Barnard [ University of Waikato, New Zealand ]
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