영어문법 지도 효과에 관한 연구 - 중학생을 대상으로

A study on the effect of English grammar teaching: Focus on middle school students

  Many secondary school English teachers seem to be concerned much about their current status in this Communicative Language Teaching era in which their ability to use English for communication in the classroom is badly needed. Many of them are used to Grammar Translation Method which puts emphasis on grammatical explanations and translations. This study is thus to see whether grammar teaching has any value in the English class. A pilot study showed that advanced groups at the senior level in a middle school had favorable attitudes towards explicit grammar teaching by the teacher who was proficient in grammar knowledge. In the main study, seniors at the advanced level were divided into two groups, one with focus on form and the other without it in the English class. Both were taught from the same teacher who had a strong background in the knowledge of English grammar. Statistical analysis indicated that the former was better in the final regular English test and more positive about learning with focus on grammar. Several suggestions are made based on the results of the experiment and review of the relevant literature.