Open AccessGrammar Consciousness-Raising Activities and Iranian EFL Learners' Attitudes toward English Language
Author(s) -
Farrokhlagha Heidari,
Nurullah Mansourzadeh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of education and learning (edisi elektronik)/journal of education and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2302-9277
pISSN - 2089-9823
DOI - 10.11591/edulearn.v8i3.18496
Subject(s) - consciousness raising , psychology , grammar , raising (metalworking) , consciousness , mathematics education , english language , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , neuroscience
The first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of consciousness-raising (C-R) activities on learning grammatical structures by Iranian EFL learners. The second one was to investigate the effect of gender through C-R activities and tasks. Finally, this study wanted to investigate the Iranian students’ attitudes toward learning English prior to and after applying the C-R activities. An attitude questionnaire was use to investigate the participants' attitudes toward learning English before and after applying C-R activities. Data analysis indicated that using C-R activities in is significantly more effective than the traditional approaches. Regarding gender, male outperformed females. Therefore, it is recommended that other teachers consider C-R activities as useful options in teaching other aspects of language. Based on the statistics and findings, Iranian students’ attitudes toward learning English language were not much different prior to and after applying C-R activities.