ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES AND ALTERNATIVES OF PRESENTATION PRACTICE PRODUCTION (P-P-P) MODEL OF TEACHING GRAMMAR

Hoda.Alalim.Bakori (PHD)

ABSTRACT:
The P-P-P model (Presentation, Practice, and Production) has been used in teaching grammar and its aim is to learn a particular form (i.e. grammatical items such as present simple, past tense, future tense, etc.). The P-P-P model begins with presenting a form of language and shows how to use it and the second stage practicing the new form until learners can use the form correctly. Finally L2 learners are given opportunities to produce the item freely. Recently, the P-P-P model has criticised for many reasons; its assumptions about language learning and how learners learn grammatical structures. This paper has been provided the theoretical assumptions, advantages and disadvantage about the mentioned model. Furthermore it has been suggested alternatives to the P-P-P model for teaching grammar; such as task- based approaches. In a task based the focusing is on meaning rather than form, in other words, it provides a task and encourages learners to do it in the way by focusing on meaning rather than focus on form.
KEYWORDS: disadvantages, alternative, grammatical structures, L2 learners, presentation, practice and production(P-P-P)