New Teaching Method of English Verb Tenses with Physical Action

New Teaching Method of English Verb Tenses with Physical Action

  It is very common that English learners make many errors in English grammar, particularly, in verb forms. This could be because twelve verb tenses may not be easy to learn, specifically, to beginners. Furthermore the learners learn each verb tense separately so that they do not have a complete picture of verb tenses. In order to reduce errors of verb tenses, effective teaching methods should be considered. This study introduces a new method called TVTA (Teaching Verb Tenses through Action) and corroborates its effects. In TVTA, verb tenses are linked with physical actions, specifically, hand signals. Each hand signal in this study shows a basic meaning of the verb tense. Sixty one subjects take the pre-test and the post-test for English tenses, and the t-test was used to compare the means of the two tests within each group to find out whether significant differences existed. The questionnaire was also administered. It is indicated from the results that TVTA is influential in the subjects" grasping the idea of verb tenses.