Teaching grammar in the english language classroom: perceptions and practices of students and teachers in the ampara district

 

Students

’ ability to identify grammar lessons  

At school: 

Students  were  asked  whether  they  could  differentiate  learning  grammar  from 

learning  English  during  their  school  studies.  Forty  students  perceived  that  they 

could  differentiate  learning  grammar  from  learning  English.  Of  them,  eighteen 

students mentioned that learning grammar was difficult compared to learning of 

other skills such as reading and listening.  

At University: 

Sixty-eight  students  said  that  they  could  differentiate  learning  grammar  from 

learning  English  during  university  studies.  Hence,  all  the  students  listed  the 

grammar  components they  studied  as they  remembered.  Students  had marked 

more than one item in the list.  

 Table 1: Grammar components studied at university