reflection+on+article+by+Fahriddin

REFLECTION ON THE EFFECTS OF EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT INSTRUCTION ON GRAMMAR Before starting my reflection, I want to give brief summary of the article. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a significant difference in students’ academic success in grammar depending upon the teaching of grammar through explicit and implicit instruction. In this study, the participants are the prep students of English in two intermediate classes of the School of Foreign Languages at a western University in Turkey. Both classes have the same level of English in terms of their grammar knowledge. One class has been taught implicitly and the other explicitly for four weeks. After having been taught grammar implicitly and explicitly, the students have been given the post which inquires their grammar knowledge and the data analysis shows that there is no significant difference between these two groups and students benefit from both types of instruction language learning. First of all, what is implicit and explicit language knowledge?  Implicit language knowledge is about the knowledge of a language that can come out instantaneously during comprehension or production. It also enables language learners to use language spontaneously. However, explicit knowledge is the knowledge about the uses to which language can be put. After seeing the results we can use both methods for our instructions. However, although the result showed that both explicit and implicit instruction can be used in classes, I think explicit instruction is more useful than implicit instruction because implicit instruction is somehow limited. Students may not understand the topic clearly. However, with explicit instruction, the instructor clearly outlines what the learning goals are for the students and offers clear, unambiguous explanations. Moreover, grammar is full of ambiguity, they should just learn rules and it requires explicit instructions. In all, although the result showed that there is no significant difference, I think explicit instruction is more effective than implicit instruction.