The influence of Communicative Grammar teaching in enhancing Grade 11 Students' Grammatical Knowledge: the Case of Bishaw Weldeyouhanis Preparatory School in Bonga Town.

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of communicative grammar teaching in enhancing grade 11 students’ grammatical knowledge. It studied students’ attitudes towards the communicative grammar teaching, the application and the challenge of communicative grammar teaching in Bishaw weldeyouhanis preparatory school. The research is quasi experimental study that includes descriptive survey study. To do these, two sections of grade 11were selected through simple random sampling. The one was used as treatment and the other as control group. Four teachers were also included for teaching and scoring. Hence, pre and post tests, questionnaire and observation were used to collect data. The result showed that the treatment group out performed in the post-test. Besides, the students’ attitude towards the communicative grammar was positive. Class size, teachers’ failure to form group depending on the traditional grammar method and neglecting aspects of grammar (form, meaning, and use) were the problems seen during implementation of the lesson, especially in control group. Therefore, teachers are suggested to design varied, enjoyable activities with interesting topics to increase students’ interest to learn grammar communicatively. Also students should be motivated to apply the grammars in meaningful and authentic activities without fear of making mistake. Finally recommendations are given to use more than one experimental group when investigating the influence of communicative grammar in enhancing students’ grammatical knowledge so that they might get a more comprehensive result.