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Teachers' Implementation of grammar through writing : a case study of a Higher Education College in Oman.
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Al-Ismailiyah, Nafisa Ali (2020). Teachers' Implementation of grammar through writing : a case study of a Higher Education College in Oman (Master thesis, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman).
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University of Nizwa.
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2020
Language
English
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English abstract
This thesis presents a study that investigated the teachers' implementation of grammar
through writing instruction in one Higher Education College in Oman. To be able to answer
the research questions, the study adopted qualitative grounded theory as design. Three
teachers were recruited as participants for the study. Classroom observations and semi
structured interviews were used as methods of data collection. The analysis of classroom
observation data involved the use of three grammar teaching models; whereas the analysis
of interview data used the constructivist grounded theory model.
The classroom observation data revealed that teachers did not use any grammar through
writing teaching strategies, but relied mostly on inductive grammar teaching, with one
teacher using a mix of both deductive-deductive strategies. It was found that writing was generally practiced to only write about daily routines using the present simple as grammar form, but without a focus on the grammar concept. The findings of the interviews revealed
that teachers' understanding of grammar through writing was good with one teacher, but
was lacking with the other two teachers. The interviews also revealed that the teachers
believed that the role of grammar in teaching was important and that teaching grammar
through writing was essentially helpful for students' learning. However, it was found that the teachers believed some challenges prevented them from implementing grammar though
writing in their classrooms. These challenges according to them were: lack of knowledge, lack of training, classroom size, learners' low proficiency, preparations of grammar through writing, time constraints, and the policy for teaching grammar in the college.
As a central category, it was found that the teachers believed grammar through writing was
important, but that their classroom observations did not reflect these beliefs due to some
challenges. Hence, it was concluded that there is a high degree of incongruence between
the participants' understanding and beliefs of grammar through writing and their classroom practices because of the challenges that they faced in their institution.
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