PEDAGOGICAL GRAMMAR IN SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING STUDYING LEARNERS’ PERCEPTIONS & BELIEFS ABOUT GRAMMAR

Abstract

The Study has looked at the learners’ perceptions and instructional strategies in grammar. Broadly, store of learners’ beliefs, knowledge, assumptions, theories and attitudes about all aspects of learners’ and teachers have come into the investigation. In particular the manner of correction (explicit vs. implicit) has been investigated. The study has also focused on the cultural, social and environmental factors. Study attempts to answer these two questions (1) what are learners’ perceptions, beliefs and attitudes about grammar instructions. (2) What is the role of error correction feedback in learning language and grammar? The present work is a qualitative case study in which thirty five ESL students, Self-reported questionnaire and semi-structured interview were selected for collecting the data, the unit of analysis, have been selected as particular instances of grounded theory to be studied in depth.