EFL University Students’ Attitudes Towards the Effect of Implementing Contextualized Grammar Teaching on Developing their Writing Skills

Paiman Omer  Mustafa; Fatimah Rasheed Hasan  Al Bajalani

doi:10.21271/zjhs.28.SpB.28

المؤلفون

Paiman Omer Mustafa Department of English, College of Baisic Educations, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Fatimah Rasheed Hasan Al Bajalani Department of English, College of Langiages, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21271/zjhs.28.SpB.28

الكلمات المفتاحية:

Writing skills, attitudes, contextualized explicit grammar teaching, contextualized implicit grammar teaching.

الملخص

This study aims at investigating EFL university students’ attitudes towards the effect of implementing contextualized (explicit/ implicit) grammar teaching on developing their writing skills. A total of 34 second-year undergraduate students who were enrolled in the evening class of the English Department/ College of Basic Education/ Salahaddin University-Erbil took part in the study. The students were randomly assigned into two groups, ensuring an equal number of participants in each group. The first group was exposed to contextualized explicit grammar teaching, while the second group received contextualized implicit grammar teaching. To gather the intended data, two sets of questionnaires were designed by the researchers and administered to the groups. The analysis revealed that the students stated positive attitudes towards the use of both methods for developing their writing skills. Nevertheless, contextualized explicit grammar teaching received a higher level of the students’ agreement. The study ended with some conclusions and suggestions for further studies.

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