Promoting Language Awareness and Avoiding Misconceptions in Teaching Grammar to EFL Students with Special Reference to the Past Perfect

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Al-Quds Open University

Abstract

The role of grammar instruction in EFL has been a subject of debate and has undergone many changes over the years .
Language awareness, which is defined as "the development in learners of an enhanced consciousness of and sensitivity to the forms and function of language"(Carter , 2003: 64) can be of great help in this regard.
In order to enable learners to analyze and internalize language rules,  EFL teachers may devise a number of do-it-yourself strategies whose purpose is to raise learners  awareness of important features and help them construct their own grammar from personal exploration tasks .
For teaching the past perfect in English, a number of strategies might be devised by EFL teachers to raise learners awareness of the real and appropriate uses of this form and  the differences that distinguish it from the other past tense forms .

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  • Receive Date: 15 January 2013
  • Revise Date: 19 February 2013
  • Accept Date: 06 March 2013

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