Students' attitudes towards teaching grammar in the foreign language classroom

Abstract

There are many scientific studies about incorporating the teaching of grammar into the foreignlanguage classroom. Some linguists put teaching grammar on the primary position in the process of foreignlanguage teaching while others completely exclude it. In this paper we discuss this question, but from anotherperspective. The purpose of the paper is to present the opinions, suggestions and students’ point of view onteaching grammar during foreign language classes. The survey includes 180 high-school students studyingone or more foreign languages who expressed their opinions by answering 30 questions related to the mostcommon concerns about teaching grammar. The analysis of the responses gave us information aboutstudents’ dilemmas, expectations, experiences and their viewpoints on the role and the importance of grammarin the process of foreign language teaching.