1.1.6. THE STUDENTS’ VIEWPOINT ON ENGLISH GRAMMAR TABLE 6.A THE STUD...

3.1.1.6. The students’ viewpoint on English grammar Table 6.a The students‟ viewpoint on the important grammar points Tenses Passive voice Modal auxiliaries Relative clauses Comparison Gerund and theinfinitive Reported speech If clauses Phrasal verbs Compound andcomplexsentences Statements Frequencies (f) 80 11 2 4 4 4 2 3 1 3 Percentages (%) 70 10 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 31 Figure 6.a Passive voice

3%

3%

3% 2%

3% 1% 3%

Tenses

2%

Modal auxiliariesRelative clauses

10%

Comparison

70%

Gerund and the infinitiveReported speechIf clausesPhrasal verbsCompound and complex sentencesTable 6.a shows that the students think that tenses (making up 70%) are the most important grammar point and it is followed by passive voice (accounting for 10%). The degree of grammar point‟s importance is the same to relative clauses comparison and gerund and the infinitive. And they think that phrasal verb is the least important. Table 6.b The students‟ viewpoint on the difficult grammar points Tenses Phrasal verbs Reported speech Passive voice Relative clauses Preposition Gerund and theinfinitive Compound andcomplex sentences If clauses Comparison Conjunctions Pronouns anddeterminers Articles (f) 43 49 53 53 39 33 34 52 30 21 47 56 62 (%) 7 9 9 9 7 6 6 9 5 4 8 10 11 32 Figure 6.b Tenses

7%

9%

11%

9%

Preposition

8%

5%

7%

6%

6%

4%

ConjunctionsPronouns and determinersArticlesUnlike the students‟ viewpoint on the important grammar points, they think that all points of grammar listed above are difficult and the degree of its difficulty is not different from each other much. However, article (making up 10%) is believed to be the most difficult and it is followed respectively by pronouns and determiners (10%), compound and complex sentences (9%), passive voice (9%) and reported speech (9%). The 21 students (equivalent to 4%) believe that the least difficulty grammar is comparisons.