Journal of English Language Teaching

Reducing Monitor Overuse through Implicit Grammar Teaching

Leena T.L

Asst. Professor of English, KNM Govt. Arts & Science College, Kanjiramkulam, Kerala

Lal C.A

Asst. Professor of English, University of Kerala

Keywords: Monitor hypothesis, grammar teaching

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Abstract

The present article is an attempt to place communicative approach of teaching grammar as a solution to monitor overuse that has been identified as a great challenge to the acquisition of communicative competency. Beginning with a diachronic analysis of the place of grammar in ESL syllabus, the paper proceeds through Krashen’s linguistic postulates that shook the very foundation of ELT pedagogies with a special emphasis on the monitor hypothesis that endeavored to redefine the place of grammar in an ELT curriculum. How the theory and practice of communicative approach addresses the key issues that Krashen puts forward, forms the core of the present enquiry.

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