The presentation briefly reviews the change of approach used in English language teaching and grammar teaching particularly.

1. CHANGING APPROACH TO
TEACHING GRAMMAR
PRIBADI HADHI
Linguistics Department, Faculty of Humanity
University of Indonesia

3. Traditional
Approach
Communicative
Approach
Aim : Teaching how to use grammar meaningfully
in context

4. Why Change?
A new series of textbooks was introduced
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Students don’t use grammar well if they want to
say something
The need of better English for business context
The use of English for communication

5. Materials,
Text Book,
And Syllabus
Levels
of
Change
Knowledge,
Understanding
and Belief
Teaching
Behavior

6. Strategies:
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Teachers survey and compare a wide range of
materials and resources.
Teachers are required to teach a range of activities
to their peers.
Teachers read and discuss about teaching and
learning grammar.

7. Grammar Teaching
Using the
generative
context of a
story to present
grammar
Using
personalization
to practice
grammar
Using an
authentic text to
put grammar
into action

8. (1) Using the generative context of a story to
present grammar
Step 1: Establish the context

9. Using the generative context of a story to
present grammar
Step 2: Introduce the problem

10. Using the generative context of a story to
present grammar
Step 3: Try and elicit the target language

11. Using the generative context of a story to
present grammar
Step 4: Present and Practice

12. Using the generative context of a story to
present grammar
Step 5: Use the target language in a dialogue

13. Using the generative context of a story to
present grammar
First , to build up the context, then to develop the meaning of should have, and finally
to focus on use in dialogue

14. (2) Using personalization to practice grammar
First, to involve the use of relative clause to define nouns, then to compose sentences
based on set pattern, finally to write and to practice in oral interaction (speaking)

15. (3) Using an authentic text to put grammar into action
First, to recognize text genre well, then to illustrate the grammar being taught, finally
students can be encouraged to try this recipe in group or individually.