LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 7 July 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.


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A Form-focused Activity to Enhance Acquisition of Tenses


C. Alamelu, Ph.D. and S. Usha Menon, Ph.D.


Introduction


Grammar is regarded as an indispensible component of any language and linguistic competence cannot be achieved without proper acquisition of grammar. Hence it plays a crucial role in language teaching – learning process.
Traditionally, teaching of grammar involved teaching of rules of grammar which was accomplished using different methodologies which were also rule- based. It was mainly grammar-translation method where the rules were taught explicitly; rote learning of the rules was also encouraged. Such an approach was inadequate and acted as a constraint in achieving the ultimate objective of learning grammar.


Form and Use – Learn and Apply


For complete acquisition of language, grammar teaching should encompass form and use. In other words, it should be an embodiment of learning the rules as well as application of rules during performance or language production. In tune with this concept, research on grammar teaching has gained prominence and it has resulted in the formulation of plethora of theories and models for providing implications for classroom teaching. Grammar teaching has undergone a total transformation and gaining communicative competence has become the integral part of grammar teaching today. Teachers employ different methodologies and strategies to facilitate acquisition. Innumerable approaches and procedures have been adopted by grammarians, researchers and teachers of second language.


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C. Alamelu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - SLG
Department of English
Easwari Engineering College
Chennai - 600089
Tamilnadu
India
alameluu@yahoo.com

S. Usha Menon, Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Department of English
Easwari Engineering College
Chennai - 600089
Tamilnadu
India
ushrun@yahoo.co.in


 



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