ENHANCING TEACHING

OF FUTURE CONTINUOUS
TENSE THROUGH INFOGAP ACTIVITY IN A YEAR
5 CLASS
Arika Wira bin Karim
920801-13-6613
2012161340112

i. Context of Study
Problem the class did not enjoy my way of
teaching grammar; bored with the worksheet
that I gave
Preferred teaching using grammar isolation
method
I chose info gap activity as my intervention
The school is located in Seremban town
The research was carried out with Year 5 pupils

ii. Theories and literature review

Larse-Freeman (2000) stated that CLT aims to apply
the theoretical perspective of Communicative Approach
by making communicative competence the goal of
language teaching.
development and learning take place in a social
context, i.e. in a world full of other people (as cited in
Cameron, L., 2005, p. 6)
Believed that pupils learn better through interaction as
it reduces anxiety among the pupils, drill sentence
structure into the pupils indirectly

iii. Focus of investigation / issue of

concern
Research Issue
Not able to make grammar classes interesting
Since first practicum and second practicum
Relied heavily on the use of worksheets
Intervention
Info-gap or Information gap is where two speakers have
different bits of information, and they can only complete
the whole pictures by sharing that information because
they have different information, there is a gap
between them. (Jeremy Harmer, 2007, p. 129)

iv. Research Question

How can I enhance teaching of future continuous
tense through info gap activity?

v. Target Group
Gender /
race
Male

Malay

Indian

Chinese

Others

13 (38.0)

Female

21 (62.0)

Total
34 (100%)
(Percentage)

vi. Intervention
The pupils were
divided into
pairs.

Teacher
gathered data.

Pupils were
given info-gap
tasks.
Teacher asked
few pairs to
read their
answers.

The pupils
completed the
task in pairs.

vii. Analysis and Interpretation of

data
Observations using video recording and peer
observation form
Observed the video recording and marked the column in
checklist
Tabulated data into bar graph
Peer observation form filled by practicum mate
Checklist responses for each item was calculated and
analysed

viii. Findings

Pupils enjoyed the info-gap

activity
data from questionnaire revealed
that 100% of my 34 participants
liked the activity
journal input dated 16th April
2015 in which I wrote pupils
were looking forward and were
ready with their pencils and
erasers for the activity
showed pupils readiness
Observation through video
recording and peer observation
form revealed indications of
pupils enjoying it such as

Info-gap activity is effective in

teaching grammar
data from questionnaire revealed
that 100% of my 34 participants
understood the future continuous
tense
Journal input (23rd April 2015):
pupils were able to write their
own sentences using future
continuous tense without making
grammatical error..
Observations from video recording
& peer observation form:
Pupils managed to recall examples
of sentences showing uses of