Date of Award

21-8-2024

Document Type

Thesis

School

School of Arts, Sciences, Humanities & Education

Programme

Ph.D.-Doctoral of Philosophy

First Advisor

Dr.E.Koperundevi

Keywords

English Language, Error Analysis, Stephen Pit Corder, 10 Modern Methods, 14 Task-Based Activities, 6 Game Based Activities, T test, Cohen’s D, Gain Score

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of modern methods of teaching grammar and to test the student's learning through activities and games. The objective is to identify the students' grammatical errors regarding prepositions, articles, concord, tenses, and redundancy by practical methods and task-based activities. The study employed Corder’s Error Analysis method to understand the students' language learning process, indicate errors, and identify opportunities to develop learners' language awareness.

A pilot study was conducted involving both pre test and posttest for the students. The primary research involved pre test, posttest and retention tests for the students to evaluate the error analysis better. The study has also employed modern methods like the Cooperative Learning Method (CLM) and Blended Learning with Flipped Classroom (BL&FC). The tasks associated with CLM include Jigsaw Strategy and Think-Pair-Share, and the tasks related to BL & FC include Froggy Play and Teacher Student Flipped Role-Play.

The study plays a vital role in designing engaging lesson plans to accomplish real-life objectives, shifting a teacher’s role to facilitator and mentor, curating the students' English language interests through meaningful tasks with grammar in context and encouraging active learning production. The present study is beneficial to the students

for rectifying the errors, helping the teachers to incorporate innovative teaching strategies, identifying applying suitable methods and restructuring the syllabus.

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