Abstract
This study aims to investigate the opinions of both English teachers and students about grammar learning and error correction in high schools in Korea. A total of 264 participants (teachers 50 vs. students 214) completed open-ended questionnaires for the purpose of the study which included (1) reasons for or against grammar learning, (2) how to learn/teach grammar, and (3) error correction. The finding showed that high school students reported motivation-oriented factors for studying grammar such as instrumentality, intrinsic motivation, ideals L2 self, etc. On the other hand, teachers reported more theory-oriented reasons such as accuracy, washback, focus-on-form, etc. In addition, students revealed more negative attitudes toward learning grammar than teachers. Finally, students preferred more explicit and affective (anxiety-free) error correction, while teachers reported process-oriented and task-oriented error correction. The pedagogical discussion will be made at the conclusion.
| Translated title of the contribution | qualitative study of Korean EFL high school students’and teachers' beliefs about grammar learning |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 3-25 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | 중등영어교육 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Jun 2018 |