The Strategies of Grammar Teaching for Iraqi University Students: Pedagogical Implications an‎d Preferences

11/14/2026 12:00:00 AM

The purpose of this investigation is to understan‎d how grammar is taught to Iraqi university students an‎d how students react to various methods of instruction. Considering that grammar is of central importance to the learning of English, it is astonishing that in Iraqi classrooms it is still being taught in a way that is overly ‘traditional’ an‎d focuses on rote memorization, drill, an‎d rule isolation, without real communicative practice. To understan‎d how the teaching of grammar might be improved, the study combines the findings of the previous research, the students’ own attitudes an‎d experiences obtained through surveys an‎d interviews, an‎d the study of a variety of teaching models, including, but not limited to, the deductive, inductive, communicative, task-based, an‎d other modern approaches. The result demonstrates that, with the teaching of grammar in context, learners engage more in class, develop greater self-efficacy, an‎d improve their grammar skills more than their peers who undergo traditional methods of instruction. The research acknowledges the difficulties that are faced, such as large class numbers, lack of teaching resources, an‎d systemic constraints, but this does not prevent practitioners from considering alternative approaches. The studies substantiate that the instruction of grammar is more effective when it is congruent with the students’ processes of thinking, the methods of learning, an‎d the modality of engaging with the content. The study advocates the inclusion of more genuine materials; more real an‎d meaningful activities; an‎d the use of greater inductive an‎d communicative methods to enhance the teaching of the English language in Iraqi universities.

توانش ارتباطي , آموزش دستور زبان , ترجيحات دانش‌آموزان عراقي , راهبردهاي آموزشي , فراگيري زبان دوم

Communicative Competence , Grammar Instruction , Iraqi Students , Pedagogical Strategies , Second Language Acquisition

Marwah Mohammed Abdullah

Dr.Shahin Vaezi