The Effect Of Using Concept Map s On Achieving English Grammar ...

IINTRODUCTION1.1 Study statement and backgroundLanguage is one of the main features that human being is characterizedwith , so it is a social as well as an individual phenomenon that enablesman to express his feelings , thoughts and culture . In the age ofglobalization where the world has become a small vill age , people tend tolearn each others′ languages . The demand for learning English languageincreased , however the history of teaching and learning foreign languagesoften appears to have been a history of failure ( Kara : 1992 ; 9-21).Thoughmany theories, studies and researches tackled th is issue , each tried toprovide teachers and learners with better way of learning foreign languages( Lewis and Hill :1995 ;22 )English being the most wide spread language becomes an issue ofinterest that increases rapidly . In Palestine we can find different centers forteaching English , some of them are foreign and they provide programs forEnglish language in almost every centre ,to increase its possibility ofdissemination . Also the governments in the Middle East including thePalestinian Authority provide programs for English language in everyeducational place ( Keshta : 2000 ; 4 ) .Realizing the importance ofEnglish, the Palestinian Authority began its project of teaching English1