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shown many examples and after enough exposure to the structure or structures, they
give the rule or rules with the help of the teacher (take an example from the text, give
your own example and learners own examples and then the teacher helps learners
work out the rule).
10. Grammar gives autonomy to learners in an EFL context. Teachers should help with
grammar terminology that will allow them to make proper use of grammar books or
grammar lessons tailored to their levels.
11. Grammar makes language learners aware of the nature of language; furthermore, it
allows to think of language as the other subjects of the curriculum. It also permits them
to compare the language they learn to their mother tongue or to other languages.
12. Grammar plays an important role in evaluation and testing. It is a quick way of
measuring; it is a barometer indicating where a learner is at a particular point. So
language learners in an EFL context demand grammar because they need it for test.
Grammar is the skeleton of language learning.
13. Communicative teaching of grammar in an EFL context: suggested steps:
a-Present structure in context (sentence from reading passage/ listening passage or
sentence from teacher generated situation on chalkboard).
b-Make sure students understand structure in context.
c-Teacher to give other examples (two or three) from different situation on the
chalkboard.
d-Teacher encourages students to give their own examples from their own generated
situation and they select two or three meaningful examples to be written on the
chalkboard.
e-Teacher underlines grammatical structure in illustration sentences.
f-Through questions and answers, teacher encourages/ helps students to give rule.
g-Teacher helps students study formation/ structure.
h-Teacher writes rule from students answers and brings in some correction if
necessary.
i-Homework: -students to learn grammar lesson.
-Application exercises given by the teacher.
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Conclusion:
The single greatest problem in classroom testing today is that teachers are left very much
alone to develop classroom test as they can. It is no wonder then that teachers tend to avoid
testing and do it reluctantly as sort of after thought. We have finished the lesson now how
am I going to test this stuff because many important decisions are made on the basis of
classroom test. Classroom test should be given a more important place in every language
teaching or syllabus. They will always be standardized test (like BEFEM, BAC) that are done
to your students by outsiders. But it is your responsibility to create sound classroom test that
foster learning for your students.
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