In the teaching of foreign languages, after all attempts and reforms, understanding has been increasingly strengthened that without reliable linguistic knowledge it is impossible to achieve strong communication skills, which were considered goal grammatical skills play an important role in development language skills. The grammar languages ambiguous. Grammar are equally for speaking, writing, r...

This study investigates how different form-focused instruction (FFI) timing impacts English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ grammar development. A total of 169 Chinese middle school learners were assigned to four conditions randomly: control, before-isolated FFI, integrated and after-isolated FFI. The three experimental groups received treatments which combined form meaning with the passi...

The aim of this study was to find out the teachers and students’ perception toward grammar instruction in communicative language teaching classrooms. participants were two four students from an Islamic junior high school (Madrasah). We used a case method conduct research identify learning classroom. data collected by using interviews. analyzed thematic analysis. findings indicated that there fi...

In line with the recommendation that syntactic complexity-focused instruction should be provided to EFL learners at university level, present study modified traditional teaching content of English grammar in China into a syllabus. We examined translations by 52 first-year undergraduate students enrolled an Grammar course pre- and post-tests determine whether explicit syntactically complex struc...