ECLECTIC APPROACH IN TEACHING GRAMMAR: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

EDUCATION

The Eclectic Approach involves using various language learning activities and strategies, each of which may have very distinctive characteristics and underlying assumptions which may be the solution of the grammar as the most challenging problem for ESL learners. The paper aimed to see the effectiveness of the Eclectic Approach to teaching grammar. The study's objective was to see the effect of the Eclectic Approach as a strategy for teaching Grammar. Students studying English in Grade 8 of Mangayon National High School, enrolled for 2022-2023, were taken as a sample. The study was conducted through a pre-test and post-test equivalent design. Both groups were taught English grammar content specified in the Department of Education curriculum. The experimental group was taught through the Eclectic Approach, while the control group was left to its conventional routine treatment. Three lesson plans were taught. Teacher-made pre-test and post-test were used to collect the data. To analyze the data, paired t-test was used. From the study findings, it was concluded that students who received experimental treatment outscored the ones who received routine treatment. The significant difference in the gain score of the control group was 10.39, mean experimental was 16.32. The P-value is 0.000 less than .05, meaning there is a significant difference between the gain scores. The intervention is effective because the experimental group's gain score is greater than the control group. Thus, policymakers and curriculum planners are encouraged to implement the Eclectic Approach to teaching English at all levels of education, specifically in Grammar.

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