Development of a Model of Communicative Grammar Instruction for Pre-Service EFL Teachers, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to 1) develop and test the efficiency of the model of communicative grammar instruction for pre-service EFL teachers, and 2) to compare their pretest and posttest score, before and after studying through the model of communicative grammar instruction. The research sample, selected by purposive sample technique, comprised 30 fourth-year English major students, Faculty of Education, Suan Sunandha
Rajabhat University. The experimental research lasted 16 weeks and covered 5 teaching lessons, a pretest, 5 practice tests, and a posttest. The t-test dependent was used to analyze the students’ grammar in use knowledge before and after studying through the model of communicative grammar instruction. The percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used to evaluate the efficiency of the teaching activities. It was found that
the efficiency of the model of communicative grammar instruction for pre-service EFL teachers was 78.20/81.00 percent for the practice tests and the posttest respectively, exceeding the expected criterion (75/75). The students’ grammar in use ability after studying through the model of communicative grammar instruction was higher than that of before the studying at the significance level of 0.05.