Teachers’ Perceptions about Difficulties in Teaching and Learning Grammar of EFL

Abstract

Some obstacles still come up in teaching and learning English grammar nowadays. Being aware of teachers’ and learners’ difficulties may help the teacher in selecting appropriate teaching options. The aim of this study is to investigate teachers’ perceptions concerning the difficulties faced by teachers and learners in teaching and learning EFL (English as a Foreign Language)  grammar. Forty teachers in junior and senior high school in Metro participated in this study. All participants completed a questionnaire using five-point Likert-type to find out how are the teachers’ perceptions regarding grammar teaching and learning. Mean scores were used to interpret the data. The result shows that the teachers and students still face many difficulties in teaching and learning grammar such as difficulty with implicit grammar instruction, difficult to use the rule of grammar accurately in both written and spoken communication, difficult in using certain terms of grammatical terminology , difficulty to correct student errors of grammar within a spoken communicative context, difficulty in the use of authentic text, and difficulty with communicative activities. This finding may help the teacher in selecting appropriate teaching options that will suppress difficulties and problems for their learners and encourage students’ learning of English grammar.