Student Perception of the Application of Group Work in Teaching Grammar

Abstract

This paper discusses student perception of the application of group work in teaching grammar. Firstly, the theoretical part elaborates the characteristics of the group work: criteria of dividing students into groups, assigning roles in groups, number of students in a group, types of tasks, duration of group work. As for the application of group work in teaching grammar, Težak’s stands and views are emphasised. The research part of the paper presents the results of the survey conducted on a sample of 302 students of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eight grades in two elementary schools and students of the first, second and third grades in two general-education secondary schools. The objective was to ask the students about their interest in group work, the frequency of working in groups in grammar classes, the realisation of group work in one class and in two classes, about the allocation of roles in group work, the share of homogenous and heterogenous tasks, the number of students in a group, the quality of the relationship between students in group work and about the efficiency assessment of group work in teaching grammar. The results of the survey conducted have shown that there is interest of the surveyed students in this form of work, but the organisation and implementation of group work could be improved, especially in relation to the allocation of roles in groups and the formation of the rules catalogue.