ERIC Number: EJ1193112
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 19
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ISSN: EISSN-1305-578X
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Form-Meaning-Use Framework in Grammar Teaching: Research on Noun Clauses in Writing Skills
Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, v14 n3 p37-55 2018
Based on Larsen-Freeman's (2001) three-dimensional (form-meaning-use) framework of grammar teaching, this study aimed to investigate which type of clause (noun, adjective or adverbial) was the most challenging for second/foreign language (L2) learners in writing skills. Depending on the results of a diagnostic test prepared in accordance with the form-meaning-use triangulation, Noun Clauses (NCs) were found to be the most challenging type for students studying in the Department of English Language Teaching at a state university in Turkey. Determining NCs as the most challenging type, a NCs test grounded on the same framework was given to the students as the pretest to examine their available knowledge of NCs. After the pretest, the students went through a nine-hour intensive treatment phase consisting of three sessions to instruct NCs with regard to the form-meaning-use framework. The treatment stage was followed by the posttest to examine the progress that students had made during the treatment phase. The quantitative analysis of the obtained data revealed a remarkable improvement in the students' knowledge of NCs in writing skills. Based on this finding, it can be concluded that the form-meaning-use framework enables effective and efficient instruction in the language classroom.
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Guidelines, Pretests Posttests, Phrase Structure, Writing Skills, Nouns, English (Second Language), College Students, Knowledge Level, Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction
Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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