The Premature Use
of English Grammar by EFL Learners
Nur Mukminatien
The roles of conscious learning and
error corrections have been questioned since the development of communicative
approaches to language teaching, along with theoretical and empirical insights
from Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. Whether overt learning really
helps the learner produce better L2 performance is a mystery. This article
describes the premature use of English Grammar by EFL learners as shown on
their writing performance. It also reviews theoretical insights from
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Mukminatien, N. (1999). The premature use of English grammar by EFL learners. TEFLIN
Journal, 10(1), 103-113.
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