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Teachers' Beliefs And Practices About Grammar Teaching In Public High Schools In Kosovo, Marigona Morina
Teachers' Beliefs And Practices About Grammar Teaching In Public High Schools In Kosovo, Marigona Morina
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Many linguists have tried to answer when and how to teach grammar based on research, as well as whether to teach grammar at all. On the other hand, for many teachers, grammar is the backbone of language learning (Sitorus, 2012). This paper analyzes teachers’ beliefs and practices and their relationship regarding grammar teaching in Kosovo’s public high schools. Teachers’ beliefs are resistant to change (Williams & Burden, 1997); knowing what the majority of teachers in Kosovo believe to be true regarding grammar and language teaching can lead to an update on the curriculum of English Language Teaching programs in order …