An Evaluation of Grammar and Vocabulary Consciousness-Raising Activities in Current ELT Materials
The present study evaluated five current international ELT series regarding inclusion of grammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activities. Drawing upon Willis and Willis (1996) and Graves and Taffe (2007), a Likert-scale questionnaire was developed and validated which was completed by 90 Iran...
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| description | The present study evaluated five current international ELT series regarding inclusion of grammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activities. Drawing upon Willis and Willis (1996) and Graves and Taffe (2007), a Likert-scale questionnaire was developed and validated which was completed by 90 Iranian EFL teachers and 170 Iranian EFL students, forty of whom (20 teachers and 20 students) also sat an interview. The results of inferential statistics (i.e. Independent Samples t-test and Chi-square analysis) revealed there was no significant difference between the responses of the teachers and students in this respect. That is, the results of the questionnaire combined with content analysis of the interviews and subjective evaluation of the researchers indicated although the ELT series incorporated different kinds of grammar and vocabulary activities, they did not include some of the major grammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activities (e.g., making generalizations, cross-referencing, reconstructing, discussing word choices, researching about vocabularies, etc.). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f581435d5a3b4c969ee03d6de06f62822022-12-22T01:10:02ZengTeaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)Teaching English Language2538-54882538-547X2015-06-019117120910.22132/tel.2015.5373653736An Evaluation of Grammar and Vocabulary Consciousness-Raising Activities in Current ELT MaterialsThe present study evaluated five current international ELT series regarding inclusion of grammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activities. Drawing upon Willis and Willis (1996) and Graves and Taffe (2007), a Likert-scale questionnaire was developed and validated which was completed by 90 Iranian EFL teachers and 170 Iranian EFL students, forty of whom (20 teachers and 20 students) also sat an interview. The results of inferential statistics (i.e. Independent Samples t-test and Chi-square analysis) revealed there was no significant difference between the responses of the teachers and students in this respect. That is, the results of the questionnaire combined with content analysis of the interviews and subjective evaluation of the researchers indicated although the ELT series incorporated different kinds of grammar and vocabulary activities, they did not include some of the major grammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activities (e.g., making generalizations, cross-referencing, reconstructing, discussing word choices, researching about vocabularies, etc.).http://www.teljournal.org/article_53736_b98ff456856d8e06753e999a4f20fa82.pdfgrammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activitiescurrent international elt seriesmaterials evaluation |
| spellingShingle | An Evaluation of Grammar and Vocabulary Consciousness-Raising Activities in Current ELT Materials Teaching English Language grammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activities current international elt series materials evaluation |
| title | An Evaluation of Grammar and Vocabulary Consciousness-Raising Activities in Current ELT Materials |
| title_full | An Evaluation of Grammar and Vocabulary Consciousness-Raising Activities in Current ELT Materials |
| title_fullStr | An Evaluation of Grammar and Vocabulary Consciousness-Raising Activities in Current ELT Materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Evaluation of Grammar and Vocabulary Consciousness-Raising Activities in Current ELT Materials |
| title_short | An Evaluation of Grammar and Vocabulary Consciousness-Raising Activities in Current ELT Materials |
| title_sort | evaluation of grammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activities in current elt materials |
| topic | grammar and vocabulary consciousness raising activities current international elt series materials evaluation |
| url | http://www.teljournal.org/article_53736_b98ff456856d8e06753e999a4f20fa82.pdf |