Abstract:
The findings revealed that teaching grammar was not all the time done
implicitly as suggested by the Competency Based Approach, and even the included
activities in ‘At the Crossroads’ textbook did not stimulate greatly inferring and
communication. The analysis of the data collection via the use of the checklist and
teachers’ questionnaire revealed that teachers were not very satisfied with the teaching of
grammar in that textbook since lots of factors impeded teaching it under the currently
adopted approach, namely Competency-based Approach. On the basis of these results,
some pedagogical recommendations are suggested for adjusting grammar teaching in the
textbook to be more efficient and in accordance with teachers’ expectations and learners’
proficiency and needs for communication
