Date of Award
5-1995
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Education: M.S.
Department
Teacher Development
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Walter Ullrich
Second Advisor
Kathleen Long
Third Advisor
Christie Gordon
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Keywords and Subject Headings
Effectiveness of using DOL
Abstract
PROBLEM:
Early adolescents typically enter their classrooms with a dislike for grammar. This preconceived notion is based on their prior experiences with grammar--usually a skill and drill, textbook driven, highly repetitious curriculum.
Daily oral language is one method of teaching and reinforcing grammar skills which attempts to overcome some of the problems usually encountered in teaching grammar.
Since daily oral language has increased in popularity, it is important to determine if it is worth the time it takes in the classroom and produces the desired results.
PROCEDURE:
Eighty students at Sauk Rapids Middle School in three class sections used daily oral language sentences from three different sources (textbook, student-written, and teacher-written) for fifteen weeks.
Each day when students entered the classroom, a mistake-laden sentence was on the overhead projector. Students wrote these sentences as correctly as they could in their notebooks. Then, the corrections were made on the overhead either by the teacher or a student and explanations were given for the correction.
A variety of information was collected to gauge student achievement. Students took tests at 5 week intervals to test their use of grammar skills in correcting sentences. Writing samples were collected throughout the study. Students were surveyed about their involvement in daily oral language several times.
FINDINGS:
Student scores on tests did improve as the study progressed. Some improvement in writing was seen. Students responded on surveys that they felt that they knew more about grammar, how to apply the rules in writing, and they were more intrigued by the structure of the English language.
RECOMMENDATONS:
Teachers should consider using daily oral language as a way to teach and reinforce grammar, mechanics, and usage skills for young adolescent students.
Recommended Citation
Mackenthun, Laura E., "A Study of the Effectiveness of Daily Oral Language in Helping Middle Level Students with their Grammar Skills" (1995). Culminating Projects in Teacher Development. 82.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/ed_etds/82
