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Many textbooks maintain a traditional approach to presenting grammar, including using grammatical terminology. However, students seem to have little knowledge of these terms, which may make grammar explanations difficult to comprehend. This investigation examines data from eight widely-used beginning-level French textbooks to investigate how grammatical terminology is employed. The findings confirm that grammar explanations in beginning-level French textbooks feature a large number of grammatical terms and many of these terms are not defined. An instructional approach that allows for the use of a simplified set of grammatical terminology is proposed. Key words: French, grammar, materials development, second language education, terminology  \nBackground  \nGrammar instruction has played a vital role in classroom second language teaching for many years. This tradition has been maintained and is apparent in the grammar explanations that are present in many of the foreign language textbooks used in language classrooms today. Many language textbooks have upheld a traditional approach to presenting grammar, including using metalinguistic, or grammatical, terminology in explaining grammatical features of the target language. However, it appears that students in the United States are entering language classrooms with little or no knowledge of the meaning of these terms (Clifton, 2013; Vande Berg, 1999), which may make these grammar explanations difficult to comprehend. Thus, this paper examines how grammar is presented in first-year language textbooks and the extent to which those presentations are well defined for student comprehension.  \nThe Utility of Grammatical Terms  \nPrevious studies on second language grammar instruction have revealed disagreement over how necessary grammatical terminology is to second language teaching. Some studies have made a case against employing grammatical terminology in second language education. For example, Mohammed (1996) argues that these grammatical terms simply encumber the learning process because students must be familiar with the terminology in order to understand the grammar rules that will then help them to practice and learn the language. In this way, learning becomes a  \nTeaching Grammatical Terminology 29  \nthree-step process: (1) learn the meanings ofthe grammar terms,(2) learn the grammar rules,(3) apply those rules in order to communicate in the language. Mohammed concludes that informal pedagogical grammar may be the most effective form of grammar instruction because in this approach, grammar is reduced in scope and is explained using a minimum of grammatical terms. Bourke (2005) identified six criteria of effective pedagogical grammar, including clarity, which he defines as being characterized by “explaining and exemplifying in plain English and not obfuscating by unfamiliar metalanguage”(p. 85) .  \nAnother argument against using grammatical terms in second language teaching is situated in the question of the relationship between awareness of a rule and the capacity to use it in production. Stephen Krashen (1985), for example, rejected the idea that explicit knowledge of grammar rules increases second language fluency. This view is known as the ‘non-interface position’ and states that learned language rules do not become the acquired language rules that lead to fluency. With the growth in popularity of communicative and proficiency-oriented approaches to language learning and teaching, which stress the importance of being able to use the target language to communicate in authentic contexts and to produce spontaneous output (Brumfit, 1984; Brumfit & Johnson, 1979; Savignon, 1997)","cbCaif1L2cMdOxfi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif1L2cMdOxfi","pdf",154623,14,"English","# Abstract\n# Background\n# The Utility of Grammatical Terms\n## Arguments Against Grammatical Terminology\n## Arguments Supporting Grammatical Terminology\n## Research Findings on Terminology and Proficiency","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of the investigation?\",\"answer\":\"To examine how grammatical terminology is employed in eight beginning-level French textbooks and whether those presentations are well defined for learners’ comprehension.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the findings suggest about textbook grammar explanations?\",\"answer\":\"They contain many grammatical terms, and many of these terms are not defined, which may hinder students’ understanding of grammar explanations.\"},{\"question\":\"What instructional approach does the paper propose?\",\"answer\":\"An instructional approach that allows use of a simplified set of grammatical terminology to make grammar explanations easier to comprehend.\"}]","Teaching Grammatical Terminology - A Content Analysis of Popular French Textbooks | PDF",1792091674,35]