The Implementation of Corpus-aided Discovery Learning in English Grammar Pedagogy

Journal of ELT Research

Elih Sutisna Yanto¹  Sidik Indra Nugraha¹ 

[1] University of Singaperbangsa Karawang, West Java, Indonesi;

关键词: corpus-aided discovery learning;    English grammar learning;    inductive learning;   

DOI  :  10.22236/JER_Vol2Issue2pp66-8

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The present study presents the instructional procedures of the implementation of corpus-aided discovery learning and the extent to which corpus-aided discovery learning can create motivating and successful English grammar learning environment for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. Corpora promotes inductive learning in terms of that students not only acquire grammar by language data, observation and self-discovery of rules, but also find it entertaining and exciting to make grammar rule generalization on their own (Cheng, 2011; Hunston,2002). Drawing on data of a questionnaire and an interview, the students recountedthatincorporatingcorpus-informeddataintogrammarlearningwasvery satisfying and useful, and students can be sure that the language they are practicing is up-to-date, used in everyday situations. It is not artificial or invented language but consists of the most widely used grammar (McCarthy, 2004). In addition, language corpora helped students to learn about certain language uses that were not available in any of the traditional tools. Another finding shows that students understood how certain language forms were used by native speakers of English, and students revealed more positive attitude toward corpus in learning English grammar. The findings imply that corpus-informed data can be a means of encouragingautonomouslearning,illustratingrealusesofabstractrules,presenting authentic daily grammar, and promoting exploratory inductive learning. However, some students,especiallyinexperiencedstudents,foundlearninggrammarthroughcorpus-informed data was difficult or boring

【 授权许可】

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