The Implementation of Corpus-aided Discovery Learning in English Grammar Pedagogy

Abstract

The present study presents the instructional procedures of the implementation of corpusaided discovery learning and the extent to which corpus-aided discovery learning can create motivating and successful English grammar learning environment for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. Corpora promotes inductive learning in terms of that students not only acquire grammar by language data, observation and self-discovery of rules, but also find it entertaining and exciting to make grammar rule generalization on their own (Cheng, 2011; Hunston,2002). Drawing on data of a questionnaire and an interview, the students recounted that incorporating corpus-informed data into grammar learning was very satisfying and useful, and students can be sure that the language they are practicing is up-todate, used in everyday situations. It is not artificial or invented language but consists of the most widely used grammar (McCarthy, 2004). In addition, language corpora helped students to learn about certain language uses that were not available in any of the traditional tools. Another finding shows that students understood how certain language forms were used by native speakers of English, and students revealed more positive attitude toward corpus in learning English grammar. The findings imply that corpus-informed data can be a means of encouraging autonomous learning, illustrating real uses of abstract rules, presenting authentic daily grammar, and promoting exploratory inductive learning. However, some students, especially inexperienced students, found learning grammar through corpusinformed data was difficult or boring.Keywords: corpus-aided discovery learning, English grammar learning, inductive learning Penelitian ini menginvestigasi penerapan corpus-aided discovery learning (CADL) dan melihat sejauh mana CADL dapat meningkatkan motivasi demi keberhasilan pembelajaran Journal of ELT Research | 67 grammar dalam konteks EFL (Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing). Corpora mempromosikan pembelajaran induktif dimana siswa tidak hanya memperoleh pengetahuan grammar dari bahasa dan observasi tetapi juga dengan cara menyenangkan sehingga mereka dapat menyimpulkan aturan grammar sendiri (Cheng, 2011; Hunston,2002). Data yang diperoleh dari questionnaire dan wawancara menunjukan bahwa pembelajaran grammar melalui corpus sangat menyenangkan, dan siswa percaya bahwa bahasa yang mereka pelajari up-to-date. Corpus bukan bahasa semu tetapi bahasa yang memuat grammar yang paling sering digunakan (McCarthy, 2004). Selain itu, corpus membantu siswa mempelajari penggunaan kata tertentu yang tidak ditemukan pada media tradisional. Penemuan lain menunjukan bahwa siswa dapat mengerti bagaimana bahasa yang digunakan oleh penutur asli bahasa Inggris, dan mereka memiliki kesan yang positif terhadap pembelajaran grammar. Penemuan studi ini dapat dimaknai bahwa corpus dapat mendorong siswa mandiri, menyajikan materi otentik, dan mendorong pembelajaran induktif. Namun, siswa yang berada di level bawah mengatakan bahwa pembelajaran grammar melalui c...

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