The Effects of Consciousness-raising Tasks on Young Learners’ L2 Grammar Learning

HyeonJeong Rhee

doi:10.25231/pee.2018.24.4.271

The Effects of Consciousness-raising Tasks on Young Learners’ L2 Grammar Learning

The Korea Association of Primary English Education ◽

10.25231/pee.2018.24.4.271 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 271-292

Author(s):

HyeonJeong Rhee

Keyword(s):

Consciousness Raising ◽

Young Learners ◽

Grammar Learning

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Consciousness-raising and written error correction for young learners

Language Teaching for Young Learners ◽

10.1075/ltyl.19010.ito ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 131-143

Author(s):

Lesley Ito

Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

Error Correction ◽

School Policy ◽

Positive Experience ◽

Private Language ◽

Action Research Project ◽

Consciousness Raising ◽

Young Learners ◽

Teaching Grammar ◽

Made In

Abstract Most experts in teaching children state that teaching grammar in the traditional way is inappropriate for children under the age of ten. However, very little research has been done on the effectiveness of consciousness-raising (C-R) with young learners. An action research (AR) project was conducted in a private language school for children, to investigate if a consciousness-raising project would be an effective way to help children notice and correct the ten most commonly made errors they made in their writing of weekly book reports. It was concluded that this consciousness-raising project was effective and a positive experience for children over the age of ten, but sometimes frustrating and less effective for younger learners. The conclusions reached through this action research project led to changes in school policy on error correction, as well as greater efforts to educate the parents of the students.

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Application of Online Questionnaires in Grammar Teaching

Handbook of Research on Computer-Enhanced Language Acquisition and Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-895-6.ch005 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 64-83

Author(s):

Leo Kam-hung Yu

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Effective Teaching ◽

Consciousness Raising ◽

Grammar Teaching ◽

The Past ◽

Chinese University ◽

Grammar Learning ◽

Grammar Rules ◽

Chinese University Students ◽

Teaching Ideas

The consciousness-raising approach to grammar teaching aims to provide opportunities for students to identify some grammatical components through noticing activities and then make their own hypotheses about those components. This chapter proposes the application of the WebCT questionnaire to develop outside-class activities through which students are able to test and refine their hypotheses in order to internalize the grammar rules. It was found that students were more motivated and participated in the activities of testing and refining their hypotheses than in the past. Besides, students were exposed to more interlanguage samples that might have helped them refine their hypotheses. It is hoped that this chapter gives teachers better understanding of the needs of Chinese university students in grammar learning and offers them some innovative and effective teaching ideas in grammar teaching.

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