ASSESSMENT OF FORMAL GRAMMAR TEACHING AND TESTING IN AN ESP CONTEXT: THE CASE OF LMD2 BIOLOGY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN

Abstract

The aim the present research is to highlight the importance of grammar for LMD2 students at the department of biology at Tlemcen University. The scope of this investigation is concerned with the status of the teaching and testing of grammar through assessing the ESP practitioners’ performance, motivation and attitudes towards grammar. In this sense, the investigator tried to analyze the ESP practitioners’ strategies and techniques of grammar teaching and testing that would reflect on the teaching/learning process. Secondly, assessment for effective grammar teaching would also serve the context as whole and reach communicative objectives particularly.