LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 19:10 October 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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English Grammar Revolution Using Corpus-Based Approach: How do the Students React?

Hafizah Hajimia, M.A. (Applied Linguistics), Ph.D. Scholar
drhafizah.uum@gmail.com
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Dr. Manvender Kaur Sarjit Singh, Ph.D. (TESL)
Prof. Madya Dato’ Dr. Nuraini Yusoff, Ph.D. (Education)
Dr. Mohan Rathakrishnan, Ph.D. (Instructional Designing)

School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy
Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

Abstract

Learning through a corpus-based approach enables students to be exposed with hands-on learning of the English language. This approach encourages students to improve their cognitive thinking as they are motivated to ask questions while finding the patterns within the authentic language use and molding them into natural linguistic researchers. This paper reports on students' perceptions as well as the observations made during teaching and learning interventions using the Corpus of Online Newspaper Articles (CorONAS). Various applications of corpus use such as concordance, colocation and word analysis have been used during the teaching and learning. Participants consisted of 40 Form Two students at a primary school in northern Malaysia. This study was conducted using informal observation and interviews. Observational data and interviews were collected and analyzed using the theme analysis techniques contained in the data. The findings show that there is a positive perception of the use of the corpus in teaching and learning activities in grammar in the classroom. Students are found to be more motivated and cheerful when using this teaching and learning technique.

Keywords: Malaysia; CorONAS, corpus-based approach; teaching and learning; interventions.

Introduction

Over the past 30 years, the use of corpora in the classroom has begun to grow in foreign countries. According to Lenko-Szymanska, (2014), “corpus is now widely used in the construction of reference materials, especially dictionaries, grammar books and usage manuals”. In foreign countries, much research has been conducted to study the effectiveness of corpus linguistics as a teaching technique to highlight how native English speakers use certain forms of language, vocabulary, and expression (Cobb & Bolton, 2015; Mizumoto & Chujo, 2015; Hou, 2014; Jafar pour et al., 2013; Gilquin, 2015). Use of real language examples with students is more beneficial than teacher-created examples or references from the books which does not simulate students’ language learning experience in real life use.

Producing students who can master knowledge, skills and technology is the main aim of the Ministry of Education in the Ideas of Y. A. B. Prime Minister of Malaysia (2006). Besides that, mastering technology has also been emphasized in the Secondary School Curriculum Framework (KSSM) implemented in 2017 whereby, the application of knowledge and technology skills is stressed.

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Hafizah Hajimia, M.A. (Applied Linguistics), Ph.D. Scholar
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