2. Principles Underlie the Teachers’ Beliefs in Teaching Grammar at “Basic
English Course” in Pare Kediri East Java
The principles underlying the teachers‘ beliefs in teaching grammar at
“Basic English Course” in Pare Kediri East Java can be analyzed by the close-
ended statements of the questionnaire that was intended to investigate the beliefs about the four components which represent aspects and key issues of grammar
teaching. The components are beliefs about the role of grammar instruction, beliefs in grammar pedagogy, beliefs about error correction and feedback
approaches. All component work together in shaping the principles underlying the teachers‘ beliefs in teaching grammar in BEC Pare Kediri East Java can be
described in detail as follows:
a. Principle about the Role of Grammar Instruction
Here, the result of close-ended questionnaire related to the principle about the role of grammar instruction is presented in table 4.1
No.
Statements
Strongly Agree
Agree Not Sure
Disagree Strongly
Disagree
1.
Grammar is the most important component in language learning and English classes should
allocate plenty of time to teach grammar rules.
100 2.
Students can learn grammar through experiencing language in natural use.
100 3.
Formal instruction helps students to produce grammatically correct language.
75 25
4.
Direct instruction in the rules of grammar is crucial if students are to learn to communicate accurately.
75 25
5.
By mastering the rules of grammar, students can capably communicate in English.
25 75
6.
Mastering the grammar rules of a language does not guarantee the students‘ ability neither to
produce nor to use the language appropriately.
75 25
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Statements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the first component were meant to investigate teachers‘ beliefs about the role of grammar instruction in language
learning at BEC Pare Kediri see table 4.2. Interestingly, all teachers in BEC strongly agreed that grammar is the most important component in language
learning and English classes should allocate plenty of time to teach grammar rules. It means that grammar has been the main important part of teaching English
at BEC Pare Kediri. In line with the first statement, what makes the result more interesting is that 100 of the teachers at BEC Pare Kediri shared the same belief
that it is very possible for students to learn grammar through experiencing language in natural situation. So, there is no doubt that practical use of English
becomes the focus of teaching learning process at this well-known English course. Furthermore, the role of formal instruction in helping the students to produce
grammatically correct language responded positively with the high percentage of strongly agreed responses 75 compared with not sure responses 25.
However, the teachers at BEC Pare Kediri are doubt that the capability of communication in English can be reached by mastering the rules of grammar. It is
proved by the result that 25 teachers are strongly agreed and 75 teachers are not sure with the phenomena. The principle underlies the response is that the
grammar rules can only helps the students to construct words, but it does help much in improving the students capability in communication. The ability to
communicate in English is determined not only by the mastery of grammar rules, but also by the practical uses in the daily activities. For that reason, most of all the
teachers 75 agreed that mastering the grammar rules of a language does not guarantee the students‘ ability neither to produce nor to use the language
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The above findings reveal that the teachers at BEC Pare Kediri belief the importance of grammar in which the formal and direct instruction helps the
students to communicate fluently with correct grammar. Conversely, the mastery of grammar rules does not guarantee the students‘ ability to produce and use the
language appropriately.
b. Principle in Grammar Pedagogy
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