Teaching grammar under the competency based approach Case Study:second year Ayad Ali secondary school Pupils in Boutheldja El Tarf

Abstract

Although CBA is essential skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors required for effective performance of real life task or activity. It addresses what the learners are supposed to do with learning in real- life. Thus, it is a recent reform paved its way to the secondary school level with clearly defined goals. The paramount goal is to push pupils to reinvest the grammatical structures acquired at schools in practical real contexts i.e. pupils are supposed to learn grammar by doing. The purpose of this exploratory study is to explore and identify the major challenges that face both teachers and pupils of second year in Ayad Ali secondary school in Boutheldja El Tarf This research project is desinged to determine What challenges do 2AS teachers/ pupils encounter when teaching, and learning EFL grammar under the CBA. and How do teachers and pupils handle such challenges . In order to answer these research questions the study Data will be collected from the respondents using questionnaire as research tool , and a mixed approach combining both quantitative and qualitative research method will be adopted . One questionnaire will be handed to 2AS teachers , Another will be handed to 2AS pupils from the same secondary.Result of the investigation indicate that Challenges involve both teachers, and pupils’ negative attitudes toward teaching / learning grammar in addition to the insufficiency of time allocated to grammar , To face such challenges, teachers and pupils should hold positive attitudes toward grammar, and more time should be devoted to its teaching, and learning