Enhancing learners' grammar knowledge of tenses and voice through "tense and voice structured wheel"

• Main Authors: Nijat, Nazifullah, Karimi, Abdul Qudos, Monib, Wali Khan, Mohd. Hisham, Mohd. Hizwan, Abdul Rahman, Nor Farahwahida
• Format: Article
• Published: TJPRC Pvt. Ltd 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General); PE English
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93480/; http://dx.doi.org/10.24247/ijmperdjun20201370
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The purpose of the current study is to develop learners’ grammar knowledge of the tenses and voice aspects in writing and speaking. The identified problem is that learners fail to produce or use grammatically appropriate form of language in EFL classrooms especially in tenses and voice. Hence, the research reports whether the proposed product “Tenses and Voice Structured Wheel” has the potential to overcome the stated problem. Thirty-seven upper primary 6students were chosen to participate in one-week intervention program. Pre-experimental research design was employed where both pre-test and post-test were administered to collect the data. The collected data was analyzed through paired samples t-test. The result reveals that there is a statistically significant difference between the scores of pre-test and post-test where, the post-test scores (M=66.13, SD=3.3) are 19.44 points higher than the pre-test scores (M=46.7027, SD=6.64). This indicates that students have shown significant improvement in acquiring the knowledge of tenses and voice.