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Publication Date: 2013
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The Use of Consciousness-Raising Tasks in Learning and Teaching of Subject-Verb Agreement
Idek, Sirhajwan; Fong, Lee Lai; Sidhu, Gurnam Kaur
English Language Teaching, v6 n6 p113-122 2013
This study investigates the use of two types of Consciousness-Raising (CR) tasks in learning Subject-Verb Agreement (SVA). The sample consisted of 28 Form 2 students who were divided into two groups. Group 1 was assigned with Grammaticality Judgment (GJ) tasks and Group 2 received Sentence Production (SP) tasks for eight weeks. Learners were given a pretest before the treatment and a posttest once they completed the tasks. They were also required to answer questionnaires and some were interviewed. The findings show the two CR tasks promote SVA learning among students but SP tasks are descriptively better than GJ tasks in terms of gain scores.
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Consciousness Raising, Scores, Task Analysis, Grammar, Questionnaires, Interviews, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Statistical Analysis, English (Second Language)
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Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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