STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE GRAMMAR TEACHING AT ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT OF MUSAMUS UNIVERSITY

This study investigated the students' perception concerning grammar teaching in English Literature Department at Musamus University which was obtained through a survey. A total of 75 undergraduate students studying English participated in this study. The participants responded to a questionnaire concerning the two focal points: (1) the importance of teaching and learning grammar, (2) pedagogy of grammar (teaching grammar implicitly and explicitly). The results of the study revealed that a majority of the participants perceived grammar is important in their study of English. In addition, they seemed to prefer both explicit and implicit grammar teaching in structure classes. The concluding discussion addresses suggestion about the need to consider students' wants and needs by gauging their perceptions as the student evaluation of teaching in order to keep up the better improvement to the teaching of grammar in English Literature Department at Musamus University.