The effect of explicit instruction on the acquisition of subject-verb inversion by Macedonian learners of English

This paper reports on the effectiveness of teaching grammar explicitly, with a focus on form, function, and rules. The study tested the hypothesis that explicit instruction of grammar leads to increased accuracy in the grammaticality judgment, using a sample of 32 Macedonian learners of English at l...

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Published in:Linguistica Pragensia Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 68 - 87
Main Author: Stojanovska-Ilievska, Nataša
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Prague Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství 01.01.2023
Charles University in Prague - Faculty of Arts Press
Charles University, Faculty of Arts
Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta
Subjects:
Accuracy
Applied Linguistics
Contrastive analysis
Educational activities
Expletives
explicit instruction
Grammar
Grammar instruction
Grammatical subject
Grammaticality
grammaticality judgment
Interlanguage
Languages
Learning outcomes
Macedonian language
Native language
Rules
subject-verb inversion
Teaching
Tests
Verbs
word order
accuracy
word order
explicit instruction
subjectverb inversion
grammaticality judgment
ISSN:0862-8432, 0862-8440, 1805-9635
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Abstract This paper reports on the effectiveness of teaching grammar explicitly, with a focus on form, function, and rules. The study tested the hypothesis that explicit instruction of grammar leads to increased accuracy in the grammaticality judgment, using a sample of 32 Macedonian learners of English at levels B and C. The structures selected for the task included subject-verb inversion, subject-verb inversion and it-insertion, omission of expletive and anticipatory it and omission of a referential subject, which are typical in the interlanguage of Macedonian learners of English due to cross-linguistic influence from their mother tongue and developmental factors. The study involved a pre-test, explicit instruction and controlled practice activities, and a post-test. The pre-test and post-test assessed the accuracy of a series of sentences, while the instruction involved contrastive analysis of examples in Macedonian and English, eliciting differences between the two languages. Results showed improved accuracy in the assessment of the grammaticality of the target structure at the post-test, but an experimental study with a control group is required to verify whether the improvement can be solely attributed to explicit instruction.
AbstractList This paper reports on the effectiveness of teaching grammar explicitly, with a focus on form, function, and rules. The study tested the hypothesis that explicit instruction of grammar leads to increased accuracy in the grammaticality judgment, using a sample of 32 Macedonian learners of English at levels B and C. The structures selected for the task included subject-verb inversion, subject-verb inversion and it-insertion, omission of expletive and anticipatory it and omission of a referential subject, which are typical in the interlanguage of Macedonian learners of English due to cross-linguistic influence from their mother tongue and developmental factors. The study involved a pre-test, explicit instruction and controlled practice activities, and a post-test. The pre-test and post-test assessed the accuracy of a series of sentences, while the instruction involved contrastive analysis of examples in Macedonian and English, eliciting differences between the two languages. Results showed improved accuracy in the assessment of the grammaticality of the target structure at the post-test, but an experimental study with a control group is required to verify whether the improvement can be solely attributed to explicit instruction.
Author Stojanovska-Ilievska, Nataša
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