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The Use of Consciousness-Raising Tasks in Learning and Teaching of Subject-Verb Agreement

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  • Sirhajwan Idek
  • Lee Lai Fong
  • Gurnam Kaur Sidhu

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This study investigates the use of two types of Consciousness-Raising (CR) tasks in learning Subject-Verb Agreement (SVA). The sample consisted of 28 Form 2 students who were divided into two groups. Group 1 was assigned with Grammaticality Judgment (GJ) tasks and Group 2 received Sentence Production (SP) tasks for eight weeks. Learners were given a pretest before the treatment and a posttest once they completed the tasks. They were also required to answer questionnaires and some were interviewed. The findings show the two CR tasks promote SVA learning among students but SP tasks are descriptively better than GJ tasks in terms of gain scores.

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  • Sirhajwan Idek & Lee Lai Fong & Gurnam Kaur Sidhu, 2013. "The Use of Consciousness-Raising Tasks in Learning and Teaching of Subject-Verb Agreement," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 6(6), pages 113-113, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:6:y:2013:i:6:p:113
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    1. Malachi Edwin Vethamani & Umi Kalthom Abd Manaf & Omid Akbari, 2008. "Students’ Use of Modals in Narrative Compositions: Forms and Functions," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 1(1), pages 1-61, June.
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