Teaching the passive voice in English to our EFL student-teachers through the organic approach

Abstract EN

The present study seeks EFL Student-Teachers (STs) views on two main Grammars of teaching the passive voice in English: a teaching grammar and a linguistic (transformational) grammar.

Firstly, a range of exercises on the two grammars were compiled.

Next, the Student.

Teachers attempted the exercises and then evaluated them.

Later, their views were elicited by a questionnaire.

After doing the exercises, a large number of Student-Teachers changed their minds about the linguistic (transformational) grammar of the passive.

Consequently, the Organic Approach (O.A.) was suggested as a comprehensive teaching grammar.