LACLAC, ELJEAN SARUCAM

MEE 112

MY REFLECTION

Grammar, grammar, grammar!

The word that I have always heard in this class yet everyday definitions,
concepts, and principles still keep on coming like forever. Sometimes, I would
think that learning grammar is an unending process a teacher like me should
undertake for the rest of my teaching career.

For that, I am very grateful for my instructor and also my classmates who always
partake knowledge about it, and would make the process seem bearable.

Grammar according to an EFL Instructor named Oubab M. is like a picture of an

old master telling us that is what, when, where, how …etc. you say something in
a language. In order for us to be a “good” speaker of a language, We have to
obey that old master and listen to his instructions.

Moreover, learning grammar was a frustrating process of memorizing several

pre-set structures to be used in language production. In other words, grammar
learning was like getting a password (i.e. rules) for a Wi-Fi network (i.e.
language). Beside other linguistic components, grammar was the most “secure”
adapter responsible for the connection between learner and language. I couldn’t
access to English “successfully” unless I followed the protocols and rules of
grammar. Therefore, the more I was focusing on grammar, the more easily I was
supposed to acquire the language.

In brief, I have tried to show the changes I have encountered in grammar,

grammar learning, and grammar teaching before and after I enrolled in this
program. I still need to search more for the practical applications of the new
theories that I have learned about so far. In particular, I want to study more about
the new ways of teachers providing feedback to students. And I know it is not
easy, but through the compassionate instructors and classmates I have along the
way, my survival is the light side.
LACLAC, ELJEAN SARUCAM
MEE 112