Using Computer Applications to Promote Noticing Strategy to Improve Grammar Learning  

Oleh:

Mufidah, Nuria

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 3, page 183-189.
Topik: grammar learning; noticing strategy; computer applications
Fulltext: hal 183.pdf (10.99MB)

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Grammar in EFL classroom has been perceived as one of difficult subjects to learn, especially for students with low grammar competence. This might be due to direct instruction in grammar teaching without considering the SLA processing stages which play an important role in developing grammatical competence. Additionally, grammatical rules are frequently taught as objects of learning to be memorized, not as what aids learners in developing their grammar competence. For this reason applying four SLA processing stages as suggested by Skehan (2002) would be one solution to help students in grammar learning in EFL classroom: noticing, patterning, controlling and lexicalizing. Noticing, as agreed by some researchers, is a prerequisite for learning to take place. Various Strategies are proposed to promote noticing activities, and one of them is using highlighting technique which becomes the focus in this study. For this purpose, the researcher is trying to explore the use of highlighting technique in developing the learners’ grammar competence. To support this strategy, computer applications will be used for two major reasons. First, many empirical evidence have proven that the use of computer has successfully improved students’ learning. Second, computer applications provide tools with multi-sensory features which meet the need of today’s students and accommodate students’ different learning styles. Three basic applications proposed in this study are PowerPoint, Snipping Tool and Paint, which provide the highlighting features but have rarely been used in EFL classroom

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