enhancing the use of the past simple tense in narrative texts, a discourse analysis perspective : the case of second year licence students of english at kmuo
Grammar is considered as one of the most important components that help EFL learners to communicate using English language. Writing effectively requires the appropriate use of tenses. The aim of this study is to enhance the use of the past simple tense in narration by adopting discourse analysis as an approach that enhances the use of the simple past tense in narrative texts. In order to confirm the hypothesis, we opted for a true-experimental method which consisted of a pre-test, three lectures and a post-test. The tests were administered to 40 students of second year licence students at KMUO. After gathering data and analyzing the different problems EFL learners face when using the simple past tense in narration, finding out the solution to these difficulties is what discourse analysis can provide. (Author’s abstract)