12 utterances, for example: “umm” and “err” Elliott, 2005. From the transcriptions, I could
find out the answers of my research question whether oral grammar correction contributed advantages to teachers and the students also reacted positively or negatively, it depended on
their attitudes and motivations.
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
In this part, I will categorize the results of the data analysis which I got from several interview sections. There are four subthemes in
Teachers‟ Perceptions on Oral Grammar Correction in two English language courses in Salatiga, then I will discuss them one by one
from the first to the last topic told by the participants I had interviewed with.
A. Perception
1. Advantages of using Oral Grammar Correction
First of all I will discuss about teachers‟ perceptions on oral grammar correction. From the total number of participants, 11 out of 12 said that oral grammar correction was
important and beneficial to their teaching and learning process, especially in improving students‟ speaking accuracy and preventing fossilization.
1.1 Improving Students’ Speaking Accuracy
Some statements below are responses from some participants to show the advantage of using oral grammar correction during teaching and learning process in order to improve
students‟ speaking accuracy. Based on the interview results, 11 out of 12 participants agreed that oral grammar c
orrection was important in improving students‟ speaking accuracy, such as what Ms. S believed:
Because the students might remember more if they are given oral grammar corrections instead of the written ones and by correcting their grammatical mistakes orally they will probably not
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remembered all the grammar parts, but they can improve even though little in every meeting. Ms. S, My Translation.
Another statement comes from Mr. Ed that supported Ms. S‟s opinion saying that “Oral grammar correction is normally done directly in front of the students, because of this so
psychologically the students will know and later in the future they will not use the incorrect ones when talking” Mr. Ed, My Translation
From Ms. S‟s and Mr. Ed‟s opinions, it can be concluded that when the students were corrected by their teacher using oral grammar correction, the students would learn how to
produce correct utterances according to English grammar. Then, based on the teachers‟
observation, after the students were able to produce correct utterances, they would not get embarrassed when talking to their partners since they were able to avoid grammatical
mistakes that they probably made in the previous meetings. This finding is similar to Truscott‟s study. Truscott 1999 in his research found that students might still make
grammatical mistakes during learning process, but after oral grammar correction was given to them, the students could perform better and it could be seen on the speaking test results
especially on grammar parts.
1.2 Preventing Fossilization
