MA-Thesis: Teaching grammar in context to improve speaking skills for pet candidates

MA-Thesis Teaching grammar in context to improve speaking skills for pet candidates is one of the most important skills in learning a foreign language, which has a great effect on your failure or success. There are many aspect affected the speaking skill and one of those is grammar. Grammar is one of the most important criteria to assess speaking skill of the PET.

MA-Thesis: Teaching grammar in context to improve speaking skills for pet candidates

1. Preface

1.1 Rationale

In this day and age, English has become one of the most widely used languages all over the world. In terms of the number of native speakers, it does not own the largest number, but the widest reach of language spoken. This language was considered as an international language, which is the official language of more than 50 countries in the world and acts as the working language of almost all international organizations. In addition, it is the most used language of the internet. Due to the popularity of English, a multitude of people in different countries learns English to serve their work or study.

1.2 Aims of the study

This study aimed at:

  • Evaluating whether the technique of teaching grammar in context improves the speaking competence of PET candidates at EEG center.
  • Finding out students’ attitude towards this technique.

1.3 The research questions

To what extend does the technique of teaching grammar in context have effects on the PET candidates’ speaking competence?

 What is the student’s attitude towards the technique of teaching grammar in context?

1.4 Scope of the study

This study investigated the improvement of the PET candidates’ speaking skills at EEG center by using the technique of teaching grammar in context, who wants to achieve level B1. The preliminary English Test consists of 4 skills, but due to time limitation, this study focused only on how teaching grammar in context affects PET speaking skills. The other skills with other techniques were not the concern of this study.

1.5 The significance of this study

“Teaching grammar in context to improve speaking skills for PET candidates” is a research that is expected to bring benefits to readers, learners and teachers. For teachers, this study can provide a deeper understanding about the technique of teaching grammar in context, which can be applied in teaching speaking skills for PET candidates.

2. Content

2.1 Literature review

Some definitions

The roles of teaching grammar

Why we should teach grammar in context

Preliminary English Test (PET)

Some previous studies

2.2 Research methodology

Method of the study

The study setting

Participants

Data collection instrument

Questionnaires

Data collection procedure

Data analytical method

2.3 Findings and discussion

Results from questionnaires

Results from pre and post speaking tests

Discussions

3. Conclusion 

In chapter I, the reasons for choosing this topic were given to explain more clearly about the writer intention and the importance of the study. Furthermore, it also provided the scope or limitation of the study. In chapter II, some related background information and previous studies were presented to support for this study. Chapter 3 illustrated the methodology that the writer used when carrying out this work. Some data collection instruments were applied to gather the data, such as questionnaires, pre speaking test and post speaking test. The results of these instruments were discussed in chapter 4

4. References

Anderson, J. (2005). Mechanically Inclined. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.

Azar, B. (2006). Grammar Teaching and Communicative Teaching: A Hybrid That Works. Retrieved September 12, 2012 from [3] Azar, B. (2007). Grammar-Based Teaching: A Practitioner‘s Perspective. TESL-EJ. 11(2)

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