Learner Perspective: “A grammar approach was
the onlywayIlearned English. Rules and formulas were
important to be learned and remembered. My teachers
never taught me to make connections between the
tenses and the meaning. I did not have a full understanding
of the relationship between English structures
and meanings. This was one of the reasons I failed in
conversing with native speakers, and I know I had
taught my previous students inappropriate ways. I did
not understand the connections between the structures
and the meaning in a language when I was learning
English. My new understanding and awareness came
later.”