A case study on teachers’ and students’ perceptions about grammar teaching in the EFL classroom.

Abstract

This research study was aimed at determining teachers’ and students’ perceptions about grammar teaching in the EFL classroom. It was carried out at a high school in the province of Zamora Chinchipe, which is located at the Amazon region of Ecuador. The participants were students from second year of Senior high school. The instruments used to collect data were surveys that included questions about students’ perceptions on English grammar learning. In addition, lessons were observed in order to have a deeper understanding of the constraints that appeared in a normal English session. A mixed – method approach was used in this research. The quantitative approach was used to tabulate numerical information and to transform it into percentages. On the other hand, the qualitative approach was used to analyze and contrast the information gathered during this study. The results of this study conclude that students and teachers perceive English grammar as an important issue that must be studied and mastered because it is beneficial and enables them to participate in class rather than be a requirement to approve the English subject