EFL high school students’ attitudes towards English grammar teaching

EFL high school students’ attitudes towards English grammar teaching

Le Thi Tuyet Hanh hanhfran@gmail.com Vinh University
Le Hong Phuong Chau phuongchau3916@gmail.com Vinh University
Summary: 
This study is an attempt to investigate EFL students’ attitudes towards grammar teaching in a high school in Vietnam. To complete the study, 80 tenth graders participated in the study. Data were collected from a five Likert-scale questionnaire and focus group interview. The results indicate that high school students were aware of the importance of grammar and grammar learning and they also favored teachercentered teaching methods relating to grammatical knowledge. From the findings, many pedagogical recommendations are put forward.
Keywords: 
Grammar
grammar learning
grammar teaching
Perception
high school students
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