Grammatical Difficulties Encountered by Grade 10 Venus: Basis for Grammar Enhancement Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The English language has its grammar governed by rules. Speakers of the language have to make concerted effort to learn how words are put together to form sentences to enable them to effectively communicate in the language. Inadequate knowledge of English grammar or poor language proficiency affects the performance of students in their various disciplines and for that matter their academic progress. In this study I identified the grammatical difficulties encountered by the students.

METHODS

Different methods were used. First were interviews from the students. Second, set of sentences were given, checked and evaluated. Grammatical difficulties were tallied. Third, focus group discussion from English Teachers was done.

RESULTS

It was found that most of the students from G10 Venus found difficulty in Subject and Verb Agreement, followed by Verb Tense and using the parts of speech. These difficulties hinder students to communicate and participate during the discussion.

DISCUSSIONS

The results show that there should be interventions, innovations and strategies to enhance the grammar of the students. With the implementation of these strategies there would be changes in the part of students once they participated in the oral discussion.