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Abstract
The present study aimed at developing the fifth year primary school pupils’ use
of grammar rules through the use of some language activities. Thus, the problem of
the study was stated in this question: “How can some free linguistic activities be
used for developing the use of grammar rules for primary stage pupils?”
The study adopted the quasi-experimental pretest-posttest experimental group/
control group design. Subjects in the present study were fifth year primary school
pupils. Two classes were randomly selected from El Fath Primary School in Belbeis,
Sharkeya governorate in the school year 2003-2004. Then, they were randomly
assigned into two groups, experimental (37 pupils) and control (32 pupils). The
experimental group pupils received training through a program based on using some
communicative activities and the “Focus-on-Form” approach for developing their use
of grammar rules. On the other hand, pupils in the control group received regular
instruction.
To determine exactly the grammar rules whose use will be developed throughout
the program, a list of the grammar rules included in the fifth year primary school
pupil’s book was made. Based on these grammar rules, a grammar test was developed
and used as a pre-post test.
A program was developed by the researcher based on the focus-on-form
approach and some communicative activities. This program aimed at developing the
experimental group pupils’ use of grammar rules. The program was taught over a
period of seven weeks.
By the end of the experiment, a post-test was administered to both the
experimental and control groups to find out the effectiveness of the program in
developing the experimental group pupils’ use of the grammar rules.