Philippine Normal University
The National Center for Teacher Education
College of Languages, Linguistics & Literature
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

CONCEPT PAPER

For Seminar Paper

By

JUVELLE S. CRISTOBAL
MAT – ELA

June 16, 2012
1st Semester, 2012-2013

A. Title B. Introduction * Rationale * Research Questions C. Review of Related Literature * Foreign References and Related Studies * Local Context and Related Studies D. Methodology * Respondents * Data Gathering Procedure * Research Design * Data Analysis E. Timetable for Research F. References

TITLE

A Syntactic and Comparative Analysis of Phrase Structure Rules Used in the Written Diagnostic and Term Composition of Freshmen Computer Secretarial Students in Bulacan Polytechnic College (Obando Campus)

INTRODUCTION

Rationale

It is said that language learning is the product of formal instruction and it comprises a conscious process which results in conscious knowledge ‘about’ the language, for example knowledge of grammar rules. Although ‘language learning’ is considered less important than language acquisition, most of what is learned has been coming from the formal teaching in school. It is also said that the acquisition of grammatical structures follows a ‘natural order’ which is predictable. For a given language, some grammatical structures tend to be acquired early while others late. It can be derived that language learning could also be predictable and that grammatical structures are learned in an orderly manner controlled by the series of language teaching (particularly grammar teaching) courses embedded in a curriculum program. Language learning and language teaching are relatively intertwined and the effectiveness of the latter could be reflected by the other. Moreover, language teaching effectiveness does not solely depend on the teaching-learning process