Grammar tasks and the learning of english as a foreign language : a case study

الملخص EN

This article attempts to compare the effects ‘Grammar Tasks’ and ‘Grammar lessons’ on the acquisition of English tenses by Algerian students in terms of gains in explicit knowledge, grammatical accuracy, interaction, autonomy and motivation in the classroom.

The results of the study demonstrate that learners following the new approach outperform those following the traditional one in all these terms.