Teaching Grammar and
Topics Integratedly Revisited: An Alternative for Tomorrow’s ELT in Indonesia
Ferry Antoni
Two issues contradicted here are teaching grammar
versus teaching topics. Teaching grammar is believed to be the safest thing to
do, yet it produces students who know English rules more than they use the
language to communicate ideas. Teaching topics, on the other hand, may neglect
the importance of grammar, thus producing students who can express themselves
only in broken English. Attempting to bridge the gap, this paper seeks to
incorporate teaching grammar and teaching topics. It does so by offering some
instructional strategies employing which the teaching of both can be
integrated.
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Antoni, F. (2003, October). Teaching grammar and
topics integratedly revisited: An alternative for tomorrow’s ELT in Indonesia.
Paper presented at the 51st TEFLIN International Conference,
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Email: eltindonesia@yahoo.com