Using Discovery Learning Approach in Teaching EFL Grammar to High School Students: Its Possible Effects and Limits

MASARYK, Ľuboš. Using Discovery Learning Approach in Teaching EFL Grammar to High School Students: Its Possible Effects and Limits. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTION. SWITZERLAND: GATE ASSOC TEACHING & EDUCATION-GATE, SWITZERLAND, 2024, vol. 17, No 3, p. 239-254. ISSN 1694-609X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.29333/iji.2024.17313a.

Basic information

• Original name: Using Discovery Learning Approach in Teaching EFL Grammar to High School Students: Its Possible Effects and Limits
• Name in Czech: Použitie bádateľsky orientovaného vyučovania pri výučbe gramatiky angličtiny na stredných školách: možné výhody a limity
• Authors: MASARYK, Ľuboš (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTION, SWITZERLAND, GATE ASSOC TEACHING & EDUCATION-GATE, SWITZERLAND, 2024, 1694-609X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
• Country of publisher: Switzerland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 1.800 in 2022
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.29333/iji.2024.17313a
• Keywords (in Czech): angličtina ako cudzí jazyk; bádeteľsky orientované vyučovanie; konštrukčný výskum; stredné školy
• Keywords in English: EFL; grammar; discovery learning approach; design-based research; high school
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This article presents part of a doctoral research project aimed at investigating the effects and possible limits of the discovery learning approach in teaching grammar to English as a foreign language (EFL) students in high schools in Slovakia from the teachers’ perceptions. The research project deployed design-based research with a total of 7 EFL teachers in Slovak high schools collecting data in three phases. The data presented in this article focused on intervention and were collected during the second phase of the research project. During the intervention, the teachers were taking field notes which were subsequently analysed. The results of the analysis of the teachers’ field notes showed there are mostly positive aspects of the discovery learning approach, pointing out students’ experience with discovery and their engagement when learning grammar. However, the results also showed some limits of this approach in the high school environment. Mostly training is needed for both teachers and students so they can make the most of the discovery process.

Abstract (in Czech)

Tento článok predstavuje časť doktorského výskumného projektu zameraného na skúmanie výhod a možných limít využitia prvkov bádateľsky orientovaného vyučovania pri výučbe gramatiky angličtiny ako cudzieho jazyka na stredných školách z pohľadu stredoškolských učiteľov. Pri výskume bol využitý konštrukčný výskum, do ktorého sa zapojilo 7 učiteľov angličtiny na Slovensku. Dáta boli zozbierané v troch fázach. V tomto článku su prezentované dáta zozbierané počas intervencie v druhej fáze výskumu. Výsledky naznačujú, že učitelia vnímajú tento prístup k výučbe gramatiky prevažne pozitívne. Ako najväčší prínos vidia skúsenosť žiakov s objavovaním gramatiky. Ako možné limity využitia tohto prístupu na stredných školách sa ukazujú najmä obmedzené skúsenosti s objavovaním učiteľov ako aj žiakov.

Links

• MUNI/A/1335/2022, interní kód MU: Name: Výzkum v didaktice cizích jazyků

Investor: Masaryk University, Research in foreign language didactics