Department of Studies in Linguistics, University of Mysore
Research has shown that integration of grammar into a communicative context can benefit second language learners and as a result the past decade has witnessed a fundamental shift in approaches towards grammar teaching. This article introduces a number of effective methodological options which can be adopted for communicative grammar instruction and the relevant activities that the teacher can use in communicative classes. These methodological options include (1) Processing Instruction (2) Textual enhancement (3) Discourse analysis (4) Corrective feedback (5) Consciousness-raising tasks and (6) Collaborative output tasks. This article also makes an attempt to relate the empirical findings in the literature to each of these options and concludes with some recommendations for language teachers.
